Given name & surname
Daine
“a man from Denmark”
Daine is a variant of Dane. One English interpretation is “a man from Denmark.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Daine is a variant of Dane. One English interpretation is “a man from Denmark.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Daine is a variant of Dane. An origin associated with Dane is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1943. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Daine is a variant of Dane. The history of Dane gives this family its wider story. Dane’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Daine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 601
- 303 boys · 298 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 889 as a first name in 2020; 152 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Daine
- Daine KlateSouth African association football playerborn 1985
- Daine ToddCanadian ice hockey player (born 1987)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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