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DANIEL

DANIEL  

Gender: M
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: "God is my judge"

Popularity in 2008: #5

A perennial favorite -- still in the Top 5-- Daniel is one of only a handful of male names that sounds both classic and modern, strong yet approachable, and popular but not cliched, with a strong Old Testament pedigree. The only real downside: there are almost twenty thousand Daniels named each year.

International Variations:
Danele (Basque) Danko, Dano, Danek (Czech) Daneel (Dutch) Daneil (Eastern European) Taneli (Finnish) Danial (French) Dacso (Hungarian) Dainéal, Dainial (Irish Gaelic) Daniyel, Dani (Israeli) Daniele (Italian) Daniels (Latvian) Danila, Daniell, Daniil, Danilka, Danil, Danya, Danylo (Russian) Donelo, Danialo, Nilo, Nelo (Spanish) Dannel (Swiss) Danilo (Ukranian) Deiniol (Welsh)

Popularity Rank

Rank in US Top 1000