Darina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- dah-REE-nah
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Darina is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “gift”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Darina mean?
Slavic: from Slavic dar 'gift'
“gift”
Used in Slovakia, Bulgaria and Russia; in Ireland Darina is also an anglicised form of Dairine.
Is Darina a girl's or a boy's name?
Darina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Darina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Darina, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 12 girls.
2025 had more girls named Darina than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Darina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Darina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Darina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Darina, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.
Half of all the girls named Darina in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Darina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 51 | #3,212 |
| 2011 | 52 | #3,172 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
Names like Darina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Darina
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Darina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darina, updated 20 October 2026.