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Meaning

The name Daniel has the following meaning:

God is my judge.
This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

Popularity

As a baby boy name, Daniel is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 7 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Daniel fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 2 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 7 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Daniel in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Daniel is pronounced as dan-yul

Origins

Daniel originates from the Hebrew language.
See other suggested Hebrew baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Daniel and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Daniel: Boys - Heber, Namir, Noah, Nuriel, Yahir, Girls - Nuria, Shayna, Yajaira, Yakira, Both genders - Gabriel, Joshua, Michael

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Daniel: Danal (Hebrew), Dane, Daneal, Danek, Danell, Dani, Danial, Daniele, Danil, Danilo, Danko, Dannel, Dannie (English), Danny (English), Dantrell, Danyal, Danyel

Nicknames

Common nicknames for the name Daniel are: Dan, Danny

Style

We think the name Daniel should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Daniel to be: A strong and brave chap

In one word, you might describe Daniel as a(n) "brave" person.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Daniel (or its variants) are:

Danny DeVito, born on 17 November, a famous actor. Danny DeVito's background: Born in 1944. This US actor, producer and director starred in the NBC TV series Taxi (1978) and has appeared in many films, including One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975), LA Confidential (1997) and Matilda (1996), which he also directed.

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, born on 24 May, a famous inventor. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit's background: Born in 1686. He was born in Gdansk, which was then in Germany. He invented the alcohol thermometer (1709) and the mercury thermometer (1714), as well as the measuring scale for temperatures, which was named after him.

Daniel Day-Lewis, born on 29 April, a famous actor. Daniel Day-Lewis's background: Born in 1957. This British actor was born as Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis in London. The award-winning actor has starred in many films, including The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1987) and My Left Foot (1989).
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