Darina (given name)

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Darina is South Slavic feminine given name. It is common in Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian cultures and comes from the root Slavic element "dar" which means gift. 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

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