Darina (given name)


Darina or Daryna is a South Slavic feminine given name. It is common in Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian,Tatarian cultures and comes from the root Slavic element "dar" which means gift.
Widely spread among the young population in Tatarstan and Bashkortostan due to its similarity with the name Zarina. There is evidence that it originally comes from the name Darius, which originally in Persian meant "one who possesses the good" or "precious"/"valuable".
People so named include:

Darina

Daryna