Dario

See also: Darío and Dário

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Dario and Spanish Darío.

Proper noun

Dario (plural Darios)

1. A surname.
2. A male given name.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dario is the 39281^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 560 individuals. Dario is most common among White (40.0%), Asian/Pacific Islander (30.54%) and Hispanic/Latino (19.46%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dario”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 412.

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Dārīus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.rjo/
• Rhymes: -arjo
• Hyphenation: Dà‧rio

Proper noun

Dario m

1. a male given name from Old Persian, feminine equivalent Daria, equivalent to English Darius

Proper noun

Dario m or f by sense

1. a surname transferred from the given name

Anagrams

• Adrio, Doria, adiro, adirò, adori, arido, dorai, radio, radio-, radiò, rioda, rodai

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /daːˈriː.oː/, [d̪äːˈriːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /daˈri.o/, [d̪äˈriːo]

Proper noun

Dārīō

1. dative/ablative singular of Dārīus

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Dário

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Dārīus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /daˈɾi.u/, /daˈɾiw/ [daˈɾiʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɐˈɾi.u/

• Hyphenation: Da‧ri‧o

Proper noun

Dario m

1. a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Darius