Darin
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Mainly U.S.: variant of Darren, associated with the singer Bobby Darin (1936-73), who was originally called Walden Robert Cassotto
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈdæɹɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Darin is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- CACanada≈1 in 9.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 12K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 16K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Darin itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 469 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈120,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
New Zealand, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Mainly U.S.: variant of Darren, associated with the singer Bobby Darin (1936-73), who was originally called Walden Robert Cassotto. He chose the name that he made famous from the list of surnames in a telephone directory. Variant: Darrin. Darina ° Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic name Dairine, meaning ‘fertile’, a feminine diminutive of Ddire (see Darragh).
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Darin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈120,000 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Darin | 8 |
| US United States | #901 | 27,677 | 1 in 12K | 27K | Darin | 469 |
| CA Canada | #882 | ≈4,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.4K | 1 | Darin | 167 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈4,000 est. | ≈1 in 16K | 4 | Darin | 117 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 20K | 4 | Darin | 25 |
| BG Bulgaria | — | ≈630 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Darin | 62 |
| NZ New Zealand | #573 | ≈610 est. | ≈1 in 8.1K | 12 | Darin | 49 |
| SG Singapore | #812 | ≈540 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Darin | 17 |
| MK North Macedonia | — | 269as Дарин | 1 in 7.9K | 269 | — | 6 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); State Statistical Office — living population names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Darin is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Darren.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, Darin är ett namn med flera ursprung. Det är i vissa fall bildat till det nordamerikanska efternamnet Darren (jfr sångaren Bobby Darin). Som förnamn var Darin populärt i USA under 1960- och 1970-talet. Det finns också ett kurdiskt namn Darîn med betydelsen ’dyrbar gåva’. Sångaren Darin Zanyar (f. 1987) är en känd svensk namn bärare.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In English, Bobby, James, US entertainers
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Italian, grafia justaposta de Da Rin
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In Basque, Third-person singular (hura), taking informal second-person singular feminine (hiri) as indirect object, present indicative form of jariatu (“to flow”).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Darin Goldbergb. 1901USTelevision producer, television writer
- Darin De Paulb. 1963USAmerican actor and voice actor
- Darin Morganb. 1966USAmerican screenwriter
- Darin LaHoodb. 1968USAmerican politician from Illinois
- Darin Straussb. 1970USAmerican writer
- Darin Sysoyevb. 1978Russian composer
- Darin Brooksb. 1984USAmerican actor
- Darin Rufb. 1986USAmerican baseball player
- Darin Sallamb. 1987JOJordanian writer and director
- Darinb. 1987SESwedish singer and songwriter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 73 sources across 40 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 27K | #1,320 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 440 | #1,320 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 31 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1981 | 10 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2021 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 5 | — |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2024 | 4 | #1,899 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 1997 | 4 | #358 |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2022 | 1 | #2,090 |
Reference works 5
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Darin mean, and where does it come from?
- Mainly U.S.: variant of Darren, associated with the singer Bobby Darin (1936-73), who was originally called Walden Robert Cassotto. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- What are other forms of the name Darin?
- In the etymology graph, Darren, Darrin and Daren are forms of the same name in other languages; Darian and Darion are recorded short or pet forms.
- Is Darin a male or female name?
- Darin is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce Darin?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈdæɹɪn/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Darin have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 118 thousand people named Darin in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled darin.
- How common is the name Darin?
- In the United States, the national register counted 27,677 people named Darin in 2020, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
- How common is Darin compared with other names?
- In New Zealand, Darin is the 573rd most common given name of 26,737 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/darinThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Darin” — the 573rd most common given name in New Zealand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.