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- ↑ "Liste aller jemals vergebenen ersten Vornamen 1984-2016". Statistik Austria.
- ↑ "Znate li koja su najpopularnija muška i ženska imena u BiH?". Portal Radio Sarajeva. Radio Sarajevo. 2 February 2017.
- ↑ "Name Daris at Acta Croatica". Acta Croatica. Croatian Ancestry Limited, Chicago, USA.
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