Daniel

See also daniel, and Daniël

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δανιήλ (Dānīēl), from Hebrew דניּאל (daniyél, “God is my judge”). Name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel. [Oxford Names Companion, The]

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdæn.jəl/ (male)
• X-SAMPA: /"d{n.j@l/ (male)
• enPR: Dăn'yel f, Dăn'yŭl m

Daniel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “Daniel” on Wikisource. Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

Proper noun

Daniel

1. The book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
2. The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)^[1]: Daniel 6: 16:

     Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.

   • ~1594 William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice: Act IV, Scene I:

     A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel! / O wise young judge, how do I honour thee!

3. A male given name in regular use since the Middle Ages and recently quite popular.
   • 1989 John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Corgi Books, ISBN 0552135399, page 55:

     "His name is Daniel Needham," my mother said. Whew! With what relief - down came my grandmother's hands! Needham was a fine old name, a founding fathers sort of name, a name you could trace back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony - if not exactly Gravesend itself. And Daniel was as Daniel as Daniel Webster, which was as good a name as a Wheelwright could wish for.

     "But he's called Dan," my mother added, bringing a slight frown to my grandmother's countenance.

4. (rare) A female given name.
5. A patronymic surname.
6. A location in the state of Wyoming in the United States (Zip Code: 83115). (From the U.S. Census Bureau 1990)

Derived terms

• Daniel come to judgement
• Daniel Island
• Daniels
• Danielsen
• Danielson
• Danielsville
• McDaniels

Related terms

• variants and pet forms: Dan, Danny
• feminine given names: Dana, Daniela, Daniella, Danielle

Translations

book of the Bible

• Arabic: دانيال (Danyal)
• Czech: Kniha Daniel
• Dutch: Daniël, (Bijbel)Boek Daniël n
• Irish: Leabhar Dhainéil (ga) m, Dainéil (ga) m
• Japanese: ダニエル書 (ja) (danieru sho)
• Macedonian: Даниел (mk) (Dániel)

• Maltese: Ktieb Danjel
• Mandarin: trad. 但以理書, simpl. 但以理书 (pinyin: Dànyĭlĭ Shū)
• Norwegian: Daniel (no)
• Persian: دانیال (fa) (Dâniyâl)
• Spanish: Daniel (es)

biblical person

• Arabic: دانيال (Danyal)
• Armenian: Դանիել (hy) (Daniel) 
• Czech: Daniel (cs)
• Danish: Daniel (da)
• Dutch: Daniël m
• Estonian: Taaniel (et)
• Finnish: Daniel (fi)
• French: Daniel (fr)
• German: Daniel (de)
• Greek: Δανιήλ (el) (Daniíl) m 
• Hawaiian: Daniela
• Irish: Dainéil (ga) m
• Italian: Daniele (it) m
• Japanese: ダニエル (ja) (danieru)

• Latin: Daniel (la)
• Macedonian: Даниел (mk) (Dániel)
• Malay: Danial (ms)
• Maltese: Danjel (mt)
• Mandarin:
  • trad. and simpl. 但以理 (pinyin: Dànyĭlĭ)
  • trad. 達尼爾, simpl. 达尼尔 (pinyin: Dá'ní'ĕr)
• Norwegian: Daniel (no)
• Old Irish: Dainiél m
• Persian: دانیال (fa) (Dâniyâl)
• Portuguese: Daniel (pt) m
• Spanish: Daniel (es)
• Swedish: Daniel (sv)
• Welsh: Daniel (cy) m

male given name

• Afrikaans: Daniel (af)
• Arabic: دانيال (Danyal)
• Armenian: Դանիել (hy) (Daniel) 
• Bengali: ড্যানিয়েল (bn) (Ḑêniẏel)
• Czech: Daniel (cs)
• Danish: Daniel (da)
• Dutch: Daniël, Daneel m
• Estonian: Tanel (et)
• Finnish: Taneli (fi)
• French: Daniel (fr)
• Georgian: დანიელ (ka) (daniel)
• German: Daniel (de)
• Greek: Ντάνιελ (el) (Dániel) m 
• Hawaiian: Kaniela
• Irish: Dónall (ga) m
• Italian: Daniele (it)

• Japanese: ダニエル (ja) (danieru)
• Jèrriais: Dannié m
• Latvian: Daniels (lv) m
• Lithuanian: Danielis (lt)
• Macedonian: Даниел (mk) (Dániel)
• Malay: Danial (ms)
• Mandarin: trad. 丹尼爾, simpl. 丹尼尔 (pinyin: Dānní'ĕr)
• Norman: Dannié m
• Norwegian: Daniel (no)
• Persian: دانیال (fa) (Dâniyâl), دنیل (fa) (Daniel)
• Polish: Daniel (pl) m
• Portuguese: Daniel (pt) m
• Russian: Даниил (ru) (Daniíl) 
• Spanish: Daniel (es)
• Swedish: Daniel (sv)
• Welsh: Deiniol (cy)

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Translations to be checked

• Ancient Greek: Δανιήλ (Daniel)
• Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל (daniel) m and f
• Inuktitut: ᑕᓃᓪ (Taniil)
• Korean: 다니엘 (daniel)
• Maltese: Danjel

• Romanian: Danez
• Slovak: Daniel m
• Slovene: Daniel, Danijel
• Ukrainian: Данило (Danylo)

Anagrams

• Aldine, alined, deal in, dealin', denial, enlaid, inlead, lead-in, nailed

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Czech

Proper noun

Daniel m

1. A male given name, cognate to Daniel

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Danish

Proper noun

Daniel

1. Daniel, the Prophet; the Bible book about him
2. A male given name.

Related terms

• (male given names) Dan, Danni, Danny
• (female given names) Daniella, Danielle
• (surnames) Danielsen

References

• [2] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 20 632 males with the given name Daniel have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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Dutch

Proper noun

Daniel ?

1. Daniel, the Prophet; the Bible book about him
2. A male given name.

Related terms

• male name variants: Daan, Dan, Danni, Danny
• feminine given names: Daniella, Danielle

Anagrams

• eiland, inlade, lade in

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈdɑniel]
• Hyphenation: Da‧ni‧el

Proper noun

Daniel

1. Daniel.
2. A male given name.

Declension

Declension of Daniel (type paperi) singular plural nominative Daniel Danielit genitive Danielin Danielien Danieleiden Danieleitten partitive Danielia Danieleita Danieleja accusative Daniel Danielin Danielit inessive Danielissa Danieleissa elative Danielista Danieleista illative Danieliin Danieleihin adessive Danielilla Danieleilla ablative Danielilta Danieleilta allative Danielille Danieleille essive Danielina Danieleina translative Danieliksi Danieleiksi instructive – Danielein abessive Danielitta Danieleitta comitative – Danieleineen

Related terms

• Taneli

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French

Proper noun

Daniel m

1. Daniel.
2. A male given name

Related terms

• feminine names: Danièle, Danielle

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German

Proper noun

Daniel

1. Daniel.
2. A male given name.

Related terms

• feminine given name: Daniela

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Latin

Proper noun

Daniel (genitive Danielis); m, third declension

1. Daniel.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	Daniel	Danielēs
genitive	Danielis	Danielum
dative	Danielī	Danielibus
accusative	Danielem	Danielēs
ablative	Daniele	Danielibus
vocative	Daniel	Danielēs

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δανιήλ (Dānīēl), from Hebrew דניּאל (daniyél, “God is my judge”). First recorded as a given name in Norway c. 1350.

Proper noun

Daniel

1. Daniel
2. A male given name.

Related terms

• (male given names) Dan
• (surnames) Danielsen

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• [3] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk:15 404 males with the given name Daniel living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak around 1990. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

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Polish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Daniel m

1. A male given name.

Declension

    declension of Daniel

	singular	plural
nominative	Daniel	Danielowie
genitive	Daniela	Danielów
dative	Danielowi	Danielom
accusative	Daniela	Danielowie
instrumental	Danielem	Danielami
locative	Danielu	Danielach
vocative	Danielu	Danielowie

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Slovak

Etymology

From Hebrew דניאל.

Proper noun

Daniel m (genitive singular Daniela, nominative plural Danielovia), declension pattern chlap

1. Daniel

Declension

    declension of Daniel

	singular	plural
nominative	Daniel	Danielovia
genitive	Daniela	Danielov
dative	Danielovi	Danielom
accusative	Daniela	Danielov
locative	Danielovi	Danieloch
instrumental	Danielom	Danielmi

Derived terms

• Daňo m
• Danko m

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Spanish

Proper noun

Daniel (m)

1. Daniel.
2. A male given name.
3. The letter D in the Spanish phonetic alphabet

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Swedish

Etymology

From Vulgate Latin Daniel, ultimately of {{etyl|he|sv}0 origin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1246.

Proper noun

Daniel

1. Daniel.
2. A male given name.

Related terms

• (male given names) Dan
• (female names) Daniela, Daniella
• (surnames) Danielsson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [4] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 82 724 males with the given name Daniel living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.