Given name · Russian
Даниил
“God is my judge”
Даниил (Daniíl) is a masculine given name. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Daniel.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Даниил is Daniil written in Cyrillic. In Russian use, Daniil shares an earlier linguistic root with Daniel. Daniel means “God is my judge” in Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
Даниил’s family of names
In Russian usage, Даниил has a diminutive in Да́ня. In Russian usage, Даниил has a conventional equivalent in the English form Daniel. In Russian usage, Даниил has a transliteration in Daniil.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Даниил has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
10 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Даниил
- Daniil MedvedevRussian tennis playerborn 1996
- Daniil KharmsRussian writer (1905–1942)
- Daniil KvyatRussian racing car driverborn 1994
- Daniel of MoscowRussian prince and saint (1261-1303)
- Daniil DubovRussian chess grandmasterborn 1996
- Daniil GraninRussia-Soviet writer and historian (1919—2017)
- Daniil TrifonovRussian pianistborn 1991
- Daniil FominRussian association football player (born 1997)
- Daniil ShafranRussian cellist (1923–1997)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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