Given name & surname
Danijel
“God is my judge”
Danijel has a related form in Daniel. Daniel means “God is my judge” in Hebrew.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Danijel has a related form in Daniel. Daniel means “God is my judge” in Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Danijel has a related form in Daniel. Daniel is a Hebrew biblical name used in Jewish naming traditions and in languages including English, French, German, Polish, and Czech.
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How it developed
Danijel has a related form in 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.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Danijel has a related form in 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
Danijel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 6 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 6 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 284 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.
Danijel’s family of names
In Slovenian usage, Danijel has a diminutive in Danek. In Slovenian usage, Danijel has a related form in Daniel. In Slovenian usage, Danijel has a conventional equivalent in the English form Daniel.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Danijel has relatives in 6 languages.
4 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Danijel
- Danijel SubašićCroatian association football playerborn 1984
- Danijel PranjićCroatian association football manager and former playerborn 1981
- Danijel LjubojaSerbian and French footballerborn 1978
- Danijel ŠarićBosnian handball playerborn 1977
- Danijel AleksićSerbian footballerborn 1991
- Danijel PremušItalian water polo playerborn 1981
- Danijel PetkovićMontenegrin footballer (born 1993)
- Danijel MilićevićSwiss footballerborn 1986
- Danijel Subotićfootballerborn 1989
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