Daniel

See also: daniel, Daniël, and Dániel

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^(key): /ˈdæn.jəl/ (male)
• enPR: Dăn'yel f, Dăn'yŭl
• Rhymes: -ænjəl

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

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, 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.
   • 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
• Daniil

Translations

book of the Bible

• Arabic: دانيال (danyāl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 但以理書, 但以理书 (Dànyĭlĭ shū)

• Czech: Kniha Daniel
• Dutch: Daniël, (Bijbel)Boek Daniël n
• Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל m (daniyél)
• Irish: Leabhar Dhainéil m, Dainéil m

• Japanese: ダニエル書 (danieru sho)
• Latin: Daniēl m
• Macedonian: Даниел (Dániel)
• Maltese: Ktieb Danjel
• Norwegian: Daniel (no)
• Persian: دانیال (fa) (Dâniyâl)
• Spanish: Daniel (es)

biblical person

• Arabic: دانيال (danyāl)
• Armenian: Դանիել (Daniel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 但以理 (Dànyĭlĭ), 達尼爾, 达尼尔 (Dání'ĕr)

• Czech: Daniel
• Danish: Daniel
• Dutch: Daniël m
• Estonian: Taaniel
• Finnish: Daniel (fi)
• French: Daniel (fr)
• German: Daniel (de)
• Greek: Δανιήλ (el) m (Daniíl)
• Hawaiian: Daniela
• Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל m (daniyél)
• Irish: Dainéil m

• Italian: Daniele (it) m
• Japanese: ダニエル (Danieru)
• Latin: Daniel
• Macedonian: Даниел (Dániel)
• Malay: Danial
• Maltese: Danjel
• Norwegian: Daniel (no)
• Old Irish: Dainiél m
• Persian: دانیال (fa) (Dâniyâl)
• Portuguese: Daniel (pt) m
• Russian: Дании́л (ru) m (Daniíl)
• Spanish: Daniel (es)
• Swedish: Daniel (sv)
• Welsh: Daniel m

male given name

• Afrikaans: Daniel
• Arabic: دانيال (danyāl)
• Armenian: Դանիել (Daniel)
• Bengali: ড্যানিয়েল (Ḑêniẏel)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: Daniel
• Danish: Daniel
• Dutch: Daniël, Daneel m
• Estonian: Tanel
• Finnish: Taneli (fi)
• French: Daniel (fr)
• Georgian: დანიელ (daniel)
• German: Daniel (de)
• Greek: Ντάνιελ m (Dániel)
• Hawaiian: Kaniela
• Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל m (daniyél)

• Irish: Dónall m
• Italian: Daniele (it)
• Japanese: ダニエル (danieru)
• Jèrriais: Dannié m
• Latvian: Daniels m
• Lithuanian: Danielis
• Macedonian: Даниел (Dániel)
• Malay: Danial
• Norman: Dannié m
• Norwegian: Daniel (no)
• Persian: دانیال (fa) (Dâniyâl), دنیل (Daniel)
• Polish: Daniel (pl) m
• Portuguese: Daniel (pt) m
• Russian: Дании́л (ru) m (Daniíl), Дани́ла (ru) m (Daníla), Дэ́ниел m (Dénijel)
• Spanish: Daniel (es)
• Swedish: Daniel (sv)
• Welsh: Deiniol

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Translations to be checked

• Ancient Greek: Δανιήλ (Daniel)
• 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 with Daniel

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Danish

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

• [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 (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): [ˈdɑniel]
• Hyphenation: Da‧ni‧el

Proper noun

Daniel

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

Declension

Declension of Daniel (Kotus type 6/paperi)

		singular	plural
nominative		Daniel	Danielit
accusative	zero?	Daniel	Danielit
	normal	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

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

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 (Dānīēl), from the Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל (daniyél, “Daniel”, literally “God is [my] judge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ni.eːl/

Proper noun

Daniēl m (genitive Daniēlis); third declension

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

Declension

Third declension.

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

Descendants

• Swedish: Daniel

References

• Dănĭēl in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

External links

• Prophetia Danielis on the Latin Wikipedia.la.Wikipedia:Prophetia Danielis

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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 (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 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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Portuguese

Proper noun

Daniel m

1. Daniel (biblical person)
2. Daniel (male given name)

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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	(o) Danielovi	(o) Danieloch
instrumental	Danielom	Danielmi

Derived terms

• Daňo m
• Danko m

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Spanish

Proper noun

Daniel (m)

1. Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
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 Hebrew origin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1246.

Proper noun

Daniel

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 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.