Baby name

STABLE BOY · OLD PERSIAN-GEOGRAPHIC
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Darien

/DAIR · ee · en/


“Wealthy”

Geographic and given name variant: from the Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama, itself from a Kuna indigenous word. Also used as a literary variant of Darius.

dari · dary

gentle

How it ages.

Feels slightly exotic and place-name influenced; may date to late 20th century usage.

The cultural moment.

Used in the United States from the 1970s through the 2000s, never breaking mainstream.