Given name & surname
Daniell
Daniell is a surname. It is used in English and Albanian.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Daniell isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Daniell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,883
- 836 boys · 2,047 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 129 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,458 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −48%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 100% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,458 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 33 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,295 as a first name in 2020; 2,145 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.
Daniell’s family of names
Daniell shares a linguistic root with DANJELL. Daniell has a related form in DANJELL.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Daniell, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Darnell
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>99% boys
Darell
>99% boys
Davonte
“one who is energetic”
>99% boys
Dane
“a man from Denmark”
>99% boys
Adams
“man” · “of the earth”
>99% boys
Darien
“a gift”
97% boys · 3% girls
Anibal
>99% boys
Darion
“a gift”
>99% boys