Baby name
STABLE
🇩🇪 🇺🇸 Darien
/DAIR · ee · en/
Meaning
“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.
Nicknames
dari · dary
Vibe
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.