Daniel

See also: daniel, Daniël, Dániel, and Daníel

English

Etymology

From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל‎ (daniyél, “God is my judge”), name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.

Pronunciation

• enPR: Dăn'yel, IPA^(key): /ˈdænjəl/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈdanjəl]

• Audio (Canada)

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

• Rhymes: -ænjəl

Proper noun

Daniel

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

     Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the denne of Lions: now the king spake and saide vnto Daniel; Thy God, whom thou seruest continually, he will deliuer thee.

3. A male given name in regular use since the Middle Ages.
   • 1989 John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Corgi Books, →ISBN, 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

Derived terms

• Daniel come to judgement
• Daniel Island
• Danielness
• Daniels
• Danielsen

• Danielson
• Danielsville
• McDaniels

Related terms

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

Translations

book of the Bible

• Afrikaans: Daniël (af)
• Arabic: دَانْيَال‎‎ (danyāl)
• Basque: Danel (eu)
• Breton: Deniel (br) m
• Catalan: Daniel (ca)
• Cebuano: Daniel
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 但以理書, 但以理书 (daan⁶ ji⁵ lei⁵ syu¹)

  Mandarin: 但以理書 (zh), 但以理书 (zh) (Dànyǐlǐshū)

  Min Dong: 但以理 (Dáng-ī-lī)

• Czech: Kniha Daniel
• Danish: Daniel
• Dutch: Daniël (nl), (Bijbel) Boek Daniël n
• Estonian: Taanieli raamat (et)
• Finnish: Daniel (fi) m
• French: Daniel (fr)
• German: Daniel (de)
• Greek: Δανιήλ (el) (Daniíl)
• Hawaiian: Daniela, Daniʻela
• Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל‎‎ m (daniyél)
• Ido: Daniel (io) m
• Irish: Leabhar Dhainéil m, Dainéil m
• Italian: Daniele (it)

• Japanese: ダニエル書 (danieru sho)
• Latin: Daniēl (la) m
• Latvian: Daniels m
• Limburgish: Daniël (li)
• Lithuanian: Danieliaus knyga (lt) f
• Macedonian: Даниел (Dániel)
• Maltese: Ktieb Danjel
• Maori: Rāniera
• Norwegian: Daniel (no)
• Persian: دانیال‎‎ (fa) (dâniyâl)
• Polish: Księga Daniela
• Portuguese: Daniel (pt) m
• Romanian: Daniel m
• Scots: Daniel
• Slovak: Daniel m
• Slovene: Danijel (sl) m
• Spanish: Daniel (es)
• Swedish: Daniel (sv) m
• Tagalog: Daniel (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Daniel
• Welsh: Deiniol (cy) m
• West Frisian: Daniël

biblical person

• Afrikaans: Daniël (af)
• Arabic: دَانْيَال‎‎ (danyāl)
• Armenian: Դանիել (Daniel)
• Basque: Danel (eu)
• Breton: Deniel (br) m
• Catalan: Daniel (ca)
• Cebuano: Daniel
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 但以理 (daan⁶ ji⁵ lei⁵), 達尼爾, 达尼尔 (daat⁶ nei⁴ ji⁵) (Catholic)

  Mandarin: 但以理 (Dànyǐlǐ), 達尼爾, 达尼尔 (Dání'ěr) (Catholic)

  Min Dong: 但以理 (Dáng-ī-lī)

• Czech: Daniel (cs)
• Danish: Daniel
• Dutch: Daniël m
• Estonian: Taaniel, Tanel (et)
• Finnish: Daniel (fi)
• French: Daniel (fr)
• Georgian: დანიელი (danieli)
• German: Daniel (de)
• Greek: Δανιήλ (el) m (Daniíl)

  Ancient Greek: Δανιήλ m (Daniḗl)

• Hawaiian: Daniela, Daniʻela
• Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל‎‎ m (daniyél)
• Ido: Daniel (io) m
• Irish: Dainéil m
• Italian: Daniele (it) m
• Japanese: ダニエル (Danieru)

• Latin: Daniel (la)
• Latvian: Daniels m
• Limburgish: Daniël (li)
• Lithuanian: Danielis m
• Macedonian: Даниел (Dániel)
• Malay: Danial
• Maltese: Danjel
• Maori: Rāniera
• Ngazidja Comorian: Danieli
• Norwegian: Daniel (no)
• Old Irish: Dainiél m
• Persian: دانیال‎‎ (fa) (dâniyâl)
• Polish: Daniel (pl)
• Portuguese: Daniel (pt) m
• Romanian: Daniel m
• Russian: Дании́л (ru) m (Daniíl)
• Scots: Daniel
• Slovak: Daniel m
• Slovene: Danijel (sl) m
• Spanish: Daniel (es)
• Swedish: Daniel (sv)
• Tagalog: Daniel (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Daniel
• Welsh: Daniel m
• West Frisian: Daniël

male given name

• Afrikaans: Daniel, Daniël (af)
• Arabic: دَانْيَال‎‎ (danyāl)
• Armenian: Դանիել (Daniel)
• Basque: Danel (eu)
• Bengali: ড্যানিয়েল (Ḑêniẏel)
• Breton: Deniel (br) m
• Catalan: Daniel (ca)
• Cebuano: Daniel
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 丹尼爾 (zh), 丹尼尔 (zh) (Dānní'ěr), 達尼爾, 达尼尔 (Dání'ěr)

  Min Dong: 但以理 (Dáng-ī-lī)

• Czech: Daniel (cs)
• Danish: Daniel
• Dutch: Daniël (nl), Daneel m
• Estonian: Tanel (et)
• Faroese: Dánjal
• Finnish: Taneli (fi), Daniel (fi)
• French: Daniel (fr)
• Galician: Daniel (gl) m
• Georgian: დანიელი (danieli), დენიელი (denieli)
• German: Daniel (de)
• Greek: Ντάνιελ m (Dániel), Δανιήλ (el) m (Daniíl)
• Hawaiian: Kaniela
• Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל‎‎ m (daniyél)
• Ido: Daniel (io) m
• Irish: Dónall m

• Italian: Daniele (it)
• Japanese: ダニエル (danieru)
• Latin: Daniel (la) m
• Latvian: Daniels m
• Limburgish: Daniël (li)
• Lithuanian: Danielis
• Macedonian: Даниел (Dániel)
• Malay: Danial
• Maori: Rāniera
• Norman: Dannié m
• Norwegian: Daniel (no)
• Persian: دانیال‎‎ (fa) (dâniyâl), دنیل‎‎ (daniyel)
• Polish: Daniel (pl) m
• Portuguese: Daniel (pt) m
• Romanian: Daniel m
• Russian: Дании́л (ru) m (Daniíl), Дани́ла (ru) m (Daníla), Дэ́ниел (ru) m (Dɛ́nijel)
• Scots: Daniel
• Slovak: Daniel m
• Slovene: Danijel (sl) m
• Spanish: Daniel (es)
• Swedish: Daniel (sv)
• Tagalog: Daniel (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Daniel
• Welsh: Deiniol (cy)
• West Frisian: Daniël

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Ancient Greek: Δανιήλ (Daniel)
• Inuktitut: ᑕᓃᓪ (Taniil)
• Korean: 다니엘 (daniel)
• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} Danjel

• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} Daniel m
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} Daniel, ^{(please verify)} Danijel (sl)
• Ukrainian: Данило (Danylo)

Noun

Daniel (plural Daniels)

1. A wise judge, like the biblical Daniel who ingeniously saved a woman from false accusations of adultery.
   • ~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!

Derived terms

• Daniel come to judgement

Anagrams

• Aldine, Delian, Delina, Denali, alined, deal in, dealin', denail, denial, dienal, enlaid, inlead, lained, lead in, lead-in, leadin', nailed

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Catalan

Proper noun

Daniel m

1. Daniel

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Czech

Proper noun

Daniel m

1. A male given name, cognate with Daniel

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̥æːˀnjəl]

Proper noun

Daniel

1. Daniel (prophet)
2. Daniel (book of the Bible)
3. A male given name

Related terms

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

References

• [1] 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

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Daniel ?

1. Daniel (prophet)
2. Daniel (book of the Bible)
3. 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^(key): /ˈdɑni.el/, [ˈdɑ̝ni.e̞l]
• Hyphenation: Da‧ni‧el

Proper noun

Daniel

1. Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
2. A male given name.
   • 1968 Venny Kontturi, Kankurikello, Gummerus, page 32:

     Mutta nimeksi ei voitu laittaa Daniel niin kuin Kusti koko ajan oli uhkaillut ja äiti vastustellut. Äiti oli sanonut tosisssaan, ettei sitä nyt sellaista karhunpalvelusta voida lapsellensa tehdä että Taneliksi ristittäisiin. Toiset mukulat tuonnempana vain nimittelisivät ja rumaa hokua veisaisivat lapselle.

     Ja Viira tiesi kyllä, mitä viisua äiti ajoi takaa vaikka ei sanonut. Sitä niin, jossa hoettiin hävyttömästi, että tint tant taneli, tanelin pallia paleli.

   • 2014 Antti Holma, Järjestäjä, Otava, →ISBN , page 46:

     Daniel hänen nimensä oli. Tietenkin. Ei hän olisi voinut olla Jani tai Sami. Janit ovat kännykkäkaupassa töissä. Samitkin ovat kännykkäkaupassa töissä, mutta esimiesasemassa. Oliko hän joku tähti?

Declension

Inflection of Daniel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		Daniel	Danielit
genitive		Danielin	Danielien Danieleiden Danieleitten
partitive		Danielia	Danieleita Danieleja
illative		Danieliin	Danieleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Daniel	Danielit
accusative	nom.	Daniel	Danielit
	gen.	Danielin
genitive		Danielin	Danielien Danieleiden Danieleitten
partitive		Danielia	Danieleita Danieleja
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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.njɛl/

Proper noun

Daniel m

1. Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
2. A male given name

Related terms

• feminine names: Danièle, Danielle

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaːniːɛl/, /ˈdaːni̯ɛl/, /ˈdaːnjəl/

• Audio (Austria)

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• Hyphenation: Da‧ni‧el

Proper noun

Daniel

1. Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
2. A male given name.

Related terms

• feminine given name: Daniela

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Latin

Alternative forms

• (book of the Bible): Dan.

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from the Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל‎ (daniyél, “Daniel”, literally “God is [my] judge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ni.eːl/, [ˈda.ni.eːɫ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ni.el/, [ˈdaː.ni.el]

Proper noun

Daniēl m (genitive Daniēlis); third declension

1. Daniel (Biblical character)
2. Book of Daniel

Declension

Third declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Daniēl
genitive	Daniēlis
dative	Daniēlī
accusative	Daniēlem
ablative	Daniēle
vocative	Daniēl

Descendants

• English: Daniel, Dan
• Italian: Daniele
• Swedish: Daniel

References

• Dănĭēl in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Daniel in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Further reading

• Prophetia Danielis on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

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Norwegian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Daniel

1. Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
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
• [2] 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.ɲɛl/

• Audio

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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	Danielów
instrumental	Danielem	Danielami
locative	Danielu	Danielach
vocative	Danielu	Danielowie

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese Daniel, from Latin Daniēl, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל‎.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌdɐ.ni.ˈɛw/, /dɐ.ˈnjɛw/

Proper noun

Daniel m

1. (biblical) Daniel (Old Testament prophet)
2. A male given name, equivalent to English Daniel

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Slovak

Etymology

From Hebrew דניאל‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaniɛɫ/

Proper noun

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

1. A male given name, cognate to English Daniel.
2. (religion) Daniel

Declension

Declension of Daniel

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

Derived terms

• Daňo m, Dano, Danko m
• Danielko, Daničko
• Daniš, Daniško
• Danuš, Danuško, Daňuško

Further reading

• Daniel in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈnjel/, [d̪aˈnjel]

Proper noun

Daniel m

1. Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
2. A male given name, equivalent to English Daniel.
3. The letter D in the Spanish phonetic alphabet

Derived terms

• Dani

Related terms

• Daniela

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Swedish

Etymology

From Vulgate Latin Daniel, ultimately of Hebrew origin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1246.

Proper noun

Daniel c (genitive Daniels)

1. Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
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
• [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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.