Given name & surname
Daniil
“God is my judge”
In Russian use, Daniil shares an earlier linguistic root with Daniel. Daniel means “God is my judge” in Hebrew.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Russian use, Daniil shares an earlier linguistic root with Daniel. Daniel means “God is my judge” in Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Russian use, Daniil shares an earlier linguistic root with Daniel. Daniel is a Hebrew biblical name used in Jewish naming traditions and in languages including English, French, German, Polish, and Czech.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Russian use, Daniil shares an earlier linguistic root with Daniel. The shared background comes through Daniel: Daniel’s Hebrew meaning has remained closely tied to its biblical identity. In Ireland, Daniel has also served as an English-language substitute for Gaelic Domhnall, a separate historical use.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Russian use, Daniil shares an earlier linguistic root with Daniel. The history of Daniel gives this family its wider story. The biblical Daniel is remembered for interpreting dreams and surviving the lions’ den. His story was a favourite subject of medieval miracle plays, giving the name a life in performance as well as scripture.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Daniil through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 354
- 354 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,789 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,789 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 32.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 31 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,620 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Daniil’s family of names
Daniil shares a linguistic root with Daniel. In English usage, Daniil has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Дании́л. In Russian usage, Daniil is a transliteration of Даниил.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Daniil has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Daniil
- 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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