Dariush

Dariush, also spelled Darioush, Daryoush, or Daryoosh, is a Persian-language masculine given name. It is composed of (lit. 'to hold') and vash- (lit. 'good'), meaning holding firm the good.

Within the Achaemenid dynasty, three rulers of the Persian Empire held the name: Darius the Great (or Darius I), Darius II, and Darius III. It went on to enjoy considerable popularity as a given name among Persian noblemen in later periods. Historically, the name has been transliterated into Latin and later into English as "Darius" and is well-known to the Western world in this form.

Etymology
The Modern Persian داریوش Dāriūsh, Latin Dārīus, Dārēus, Greek Δαρεῖος Dareîos, Aramaic drwš, drywš, Elamite Da-ri-ya-(h)u-(ú-)iš, Akkadian Da-(a-)ri-muš, Egyptian tr(w)š, trjwš, intr(w)š, intrjwš, Lycian Ñtarijeus-, and Old Persian Dārayauš, are short forms of Old Pers. 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavauš, (Greek Dareiaîos, Aramaic dryhwš, Elamite Da-ri-(y)a-ma-u-iš, Akkadian Da-(a-)ri-ia-(a-)muš). The longer Old Persian Dārayavauš is composed of Dāraya- [hold] + va(h)u- [good], meaning "holding firm the good".

People

 * Beneil Dariush (born May 6, 1989), Assyrian-American professional mixed martial artist
 * Dariush Arjmand, Iranian actor
 * Dariush Ashoori, Iranian intellectual
 * Dariush (singer) Dariush Eghbali (AKA Dariush), Iranian pop singer
 * Dariush Forouhar, leader of the nationalist Mellat Iran party
 * Dariush Homayoon, Iranian politician
 * Dariush Mehrjui, Iranian film director
 * Dariush Mozaffarian, Iranian-American medical researcher
 * Dariush Safvat, Persian ethnomusicologist
 * Dariush Shayegan, Iranian academic
 * Roosh V (AKA Daryush "Roosh V" Valizadeh), controversial American pickup artist