Meaning of name Danny

The name Danny has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Danny is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 289 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Danny rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 13 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 317 in the Top 1000 charts.

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

The name Danny is very likely a(n) English variant of the name Daniel. See other suggested English boy baby names.

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

The name Danny is a variant of Daniel. Other popular variants of the name Daniel are: Danal (Hebrew), Dane, Daneal, Danek, Danell, Dani, Danial, Daniele, Danil, Danilo, Danko, Dannel, Dannie (English), Danny (English), Dantrell, Danyal, Danyel

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

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

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

See other "brave" names for boys.