Baby name
STABLE
🇩🇪 🇵🇱 Darek
/DAH · rek/
Meaning
“He who holds firm or maintains good”
Polish diminutive of Dariusz, itself from the Old Persian Darius meaning he who holds firm or maintains good. The short form is used as a full given name in Poland.
Nicknames
dare · dar
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Solid and familiar in Poland; feels generational rather than timeless.
The cultural moment.
Common in Poland from the 1960s through the 1990s, less frequent today.