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Gender: Male Meaning of Dane: "from Denmark" Origin of Dane: English Dane's Popularity in 2018: #756

Dane Origin and Meaning

The name Dane is a boy's name of English origin meaning "from Denmark".

Dane is a more masculine Dana alternative, with added style edge. Dane has been on the US Top 1000 for more than seventy years, having entered the list in 1945.

Dane makes a great middle name, as evidenced by January Jones' use of it for son Xander Dane.

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Popularity

Rank in US: #756
- this week

Famous People Named Dane

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Dane DeHaan, American actor
Dane Aaron Rumble, New Zealand singer of group Fast Crew
Dane Jeffrey Cook, American comedian/actor
Dane Fletcher, American NFL football player
Dane Sanzenbacher, American NFL football player
Dane David De La Rosa, American baseball player
Dane Boedigheimer, American web filmmaker of Annoying Orange
Dane William DeHaan, American actor
Dane Clark (born Bernard Zanville), American actor
Dane Leon Bowers, English R&B singer-songwriter of group Another Level
Dane Swan, Australian rules footballer
Dane Chisholm, Australian rugby league player

Pop Culture References for the name Dane

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Saint Dane, character in D.J. MacHale's Pendragon series
Dane O'Neill, character in Colleen McCullough's "The Thorn Birds"

Nicknames & Variations for Dane

Dayne, Dain, Daine, Dayn

Dane's International Variations

Danek (German)

Comments

Khyrzton Says:

2017-05-29T15:27:14

Strong sounding name. Considered this name for the first two boys and it just missed out. Will probably finally get selected if there's a 3rd.

WhiteTail Says:

2015-10-04T09:03:26

Short and sweet.