Taru

  • [ TAH-roo ]
  • Finnish
Means "legend, myth" in Finnish. It is also used as a diminutive of TARJA.

TARJA   female   Finnish
Finnish form of DARIA.
DARIA   female   Italian, Polish, Romanian, English, Croatian, Late Greek (Latinized)
Feminine form of DARIUS. Saint Daria was a 3rd-century Greek woman who was martyred with her husband Chrysanthus under the Roman emperor Numerian. It has never been a particularly common English given name.
DARIUS   male   English, Lithuanian, Romanian, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Roman form of Δαρειος (Dareios), which was the Greek form of the Persian name Dārayavahush, which was composed of the elements dâraya "to possess" and vahu "good". Three ancient kings of Persia bore this name, including Darius the Great who expanded the Achaemenid Empire to its greatest extent. His forces invaded Greece but were defeated in the Battle of Marathon.

It has never been very common as a given name in the English-speaking world, though it rose in popularity after the middle of the 20th century.
OTHER FORMS
ANCIENT GREEK: Dareios
ANCIENT PERSIAN: Darayavahush
BELARUSIAN: Darya
BIBLICAL GREEK: Dareios
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Daryawesh
BIBLICAL LATIN: Darius
BIBLICAL: Darius
CROATIAN: Daria, Darija, Darijo, Darinka, Dario
CZECH: Darina, Darja
ENGLISH: Daria, Darius
FINNISH: Tarja
ITALIAN: Daria, Dario
LATE GREEK: Dareia, Daria
LITHUANIAN: Darijus, Darius
PERSIAN: Dariush, Daryush
POLISH: Darek, Daria, Dariusz
ROMANIAN: Daria, Darius
RUSSIAN: Darya
SERBIAN: Darija
SLOVENE: Darija, Darinka, Darja
SPANISH: Darío
UKRAINIAN: Dariya, Daryna, Odarka