Given name & surname
Danie
“he judged”·“God is my judge”
Danie is a variant of Dan. One Hebrew interpretation is “he judged.” Danie is a variant of Danielle. In Hebrew use, Danielle carries the interpretation “God is my judge.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Danie is a variant of Dan. One Hebrew interpretation is “he judged.” Danie is a variant of Danielle. In Hebrew use, Danielle carries the interpretation “God is my judge.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Danie is a diminutive of Daniël. Daniël comes from Dutch.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Afrikaans usage, Danie is a diminutive of Daniël.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Danie is a variant of Dan. The history of Dan gives this family its wider story. Dan appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Danie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 815
- 543 boys · 272 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,463 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,463 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,599 as a first name in 2020; 100 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Danie’s family of names
In Afrikaans usage, Danie is a diminutive of Daniël. Danie has a related form in Danielle. Danie has a related form in Dan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Danie
- Danie VisserSouth African tennis playerborn 1961
- Danie G. Krige1919-2013 South African mining engineer
- Daniel Ahmedfootballerborn 1965
- Danie CravenSouth African rugby union footballer, coach and administrator (1910-1993)
- Danie RossouwSouth African rugby union footballerborn 1978
- Danie GerberSouth African rugby union footballerborn 1958
- Danie MellorAustralian artist (born 1971)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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