Daniel (first name)
Daniel ( Hebrew and Aramaic דניאל Daniyyel ) is a biblical male given name of Western Semitic origin and means "God is / be my judge". The name is widely used in numerous other Semitic languages, such as Ugaritic , Assyrian , Old North Arabic and Old South Arabic . The best-known biblical bearer of the name is the seer and prophet Daniel .
distribution
The name Daniel was hardly widespread in Germany in the first half of the 20th century. Its popularity grew in the 1950s and 1960s. From the mid-seventies to the mid-nineties, with a few interruptions, it was among the ten most frequently given boys' first names of the respective year. Since then, its popularity has dropped significantly.
variants
- Dani , Danue, Danü, Dany, Däne, Dänu ( Swiss German )
- Dan, Danny, Denny (English)
- Danièle (French)
- Daniël, Daan (Dutch)
- Daniele (Italian)
- Danielius , (Lithuanian)
- Daniil , Danl, Danja (Russian)
- Danijel (Slavic)
- Danilo (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese; Slavic)
- Dániel (Hungarian)
- Danjol (Basque)
- Danyal (Arabic, Persian, Turkish)
- Daniyal (Urdu)
- Taaniel (Estonian)
For female variants see under Daniela .
Name bearer
Historical personalities
- Daniel of Padua († 168), Christian martyr and saint
- Daniel Stylites ( Daniel the Pillar , saint; † 493)
- Brother Daniel (around 670–721), the Frankish king Chilperich II from the house of the Merovingians, who was temporarily banished to a monastery under this name before his accession to the throne
- Daniel von Winchester (Danihel; † 745), Bishop http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/d/daniel_v_w.shtml ( Memento from November 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- Daniel von Salah (6th century), Miaphysit, Exeget http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/d/daniel_v_sa.shtml ( Memento from November 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- Daniel (monk) , monk of the skete
- Daniel I († 1167), Bishop of Prague and advisor to King Vladislav II and the Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa
- Daniel II Milík , Bishop of Prague 1197–1214
- Daniel Romanowitsch of Galicia (1201–1264), Russian prince of the early period of the Tartar rule
- Daniel of Moscow (1261–1303), Prince of Moscow. Saint of the Russian Orthodox Church
- Daniel Brendel von Homburg (1523–1582), Elector, Archbishop of Mainz
- Daniel Rantzau (1534–1589), lord of Salzau and monastery provost of Uetersen
- Daniel von Waldeck (1530–1577), Count of Waldeck-Wildungen
First name
- Daniel (singer) (actually Daniel Popovic ; * 1958), Yugoslav singer
- Daniel Auteuil (born 1950), French actor
- Daniel Bahr (* 1976), German politician (FDP)
- Daniel Barda (* 1944), French jazz trombonist
- Daniel Barenboim (* 1942), Argentine conductor and pianist
- Daniel Belluš (1938–2011), Slovak-Swiss chemist
- Daniel Bertoni (* 1955), Argentine soccer player
- Dan Blankinship (* ≈1980), American jazz musician
- Daniel Boone (1734-1820), American pioneer and explorer
- Daniel Boone (singer) (born 1942), British singer
- Daniel Bragg (* 1992), Australian soccer player
- Daniel Brunhart (* 1968), Liechtenstein judoka
- Daniel Cates (* 1989), American poker player
- Daniel Cohn-Bendit (* 1945), German politician and publicist
- Daniel Cordier (* 1920), French resistance fighter, art dealer and historian
- Daniel Craig (* 1968), British actor
- Daniel Dahm (* 1969), German geographer
- Daniel Defoe (around 1660–1731), English writer
- Daniel Döringer (* 1991), German soccer player
- Daniel Dvoress (* 1988), Canadian poker player
- Daniel Mark Eberhard (* 1976), German music teacher and artist
- Daniel Engelbrecht (* 1990), German soccer player
- Daniel Fathers (born 1966), British actor
- Daniel Fischer (moderator) (* 1976), German moderator
- Daniel Franziskus (* 1991), German soccer player
- Daniel Friedrich (* 1949), German actor
- Daniel Garbade (* 1957), Swiss painter
- Daniel Hartwich (* 1978), German moderator
- Dan Heimiller (born 1962), American poker player
- Daniel Hemetsberger (* 1991), Austrian ski racer
- Daniel Hope (violinist) (* 1973), South African-British violinist
- Daniel Hope (actor) (born 1979), British actor
- Dan Howell (* 1991), British YouTuber
- Daniel Idema (* 1984), Canadian ice hockey and poker player
- Daniel Kaiser (soccer player) (* 1990), German soccer player
- Daniel Kaiser-Küblböck (* 1985), German singer
- Daniel Keel (1930–2011), Swiss publisher
- Daniel Kehlmann (* 1975), Austrian-German writer
- Daniel Keyes (1927-2014), American writer
- Daniel Lang (* 1992), German soccer player
- Daniel Levin (* 1974), American musician
- Daniel Maldini (* 2001), Italian soccer player
- Daniel Meier (ice hockey player) (* 1972), Swiss ice hockey player
- Daniel Meier (ski racer) (* 1993), Austrian ski racer
- Dan Minor (1909–1982), American jazz musician
- Daniel Murphy (baseball player) (born 1985), American baseball player
- Daniel Nivel (* 1954), French police officer
- Daniel Ortega (* 1945), Nicaraguan politician, revolutionary and state president
- Daniel Passarella (* 1953), Argentine soccer player
- Daniel Payne (1811-1893), American bishop
- Daniel Puente Encina (* 1965), Chilean singer, guitarist and composer
- Daniel Radcliffe (* 1989), British actor
- Daniel Reinhard (actor) (* 1951), Swiss actor and director
- Daniel Reinhard (photographer) (* 1960), Swiss photographer
- Daniel Röhn (* 1979), German violinist
- Daniel S. (1987/1988-2013), German victim of a homicide, see death of Daniel S.
- Daniel Schwerdtfeger , German pool player
- Daniel Sdunek (* 1980), German handball goalkeeper
- Dan Shak (* 1959), American fund manager and poker player
- Dan Smith (singer) (born 1986), English singer-songwriter
- Dan Smith (poker player) (born 1989), American poker player
- Daniel Sträßer (* 1987), German actor
- Daniel Schnyder (musician) (* 1961), Swiss jazz musician and composer
- Daniel Schnyder (ice hockey player) (* 1985), Swiss ice hockey player
- Daniel Strelitz (* 1990), American poker player
- Dan Peter Sundland (* 1986), Norwegian jazz musician
- Daniel Tang (* 1992), Chinese poker player
- Daniel Tångudd (* 1996), Swedish pool player
- Daniel Vogt (* 1972), Liechtenstein ski racer
- Daniel Wagner (soccer player) (* 1987), German soccer player
- Daniel Ernst Wagner (1739 – before 1810), German lawyer, educator and author
- Daniel Wayenberg (1929–2019), Dutch pianist and composer
Form Danny
- Danny (* 1983), Portuguese football player
- Danny Barber (musician) (1953-2019), American jazz musician
- Danny Blum (* 1991), German soccer player
- Danny Bruder (* 1969), German musician and author
- Danny Collins (born 1980), Welsh football player
- Danny DiLiberto (born 1935), American pool player
- Danny Elfman (* 1953), American film music composer
- Danny Fowler (* 1956), English snooker player
- Danny Frankel , American jazz musician
- Danny Kent (* 1993), British motorcycle racer
- Danny van Poppel (* 1993), Dutch racing cyclist
- Danny Trevathan (born 1990), American football player
- Danny DeVito (born 1944), American actor
Fictional character
- Daniel Düsentrieb , inventor, cartoon character
- Daniel Jackson, archaeologist, linguist, anthropologist, Stargate University figure
- Daniel "Danny" Fenton, protagonist of the Danny Phantom series
Name days
- Daniel , biblical prophet: July 21
- Daniel of Murano: March 31st
- Daniel von Schönau: June 27th
- Daniele Comboni : October 10th
- Daniel Stylites : December 11th
literature
- Johann Jakob Stamm : names of legal content. In: Contributions to Old Testament theology , Göttingen 1977, 460–478. (Reprinted in Ernst Jenni , Martin A. Klopfenstein (ed.): Johann Jakob Stamm - Contributions to Hebrew and ancient oriental onomastics (= OBO 30). Friborg / Göttingen 1980. ISBN 3-7278-0229-4 / ISBN 3-525- 53336-5 )
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Web links
Wiktionary: Daniel - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
