Given name & surname
Danil
“God is my judge”
Danil is a variant of Daniel. Daniel means “God is my judge” in Hebrew.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Danil is a variant of Daniel. Daniel means “God is my judge” in Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Danil is a variant of 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
Danil is a variant of 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 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Danil is a variant of 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
Danil through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 278
- 278 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,459 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,459 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 21.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 934 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.
Danil’s family of names
Danil has a related form in Daniel. In French usage, Danil has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Дани́л. In Russian usage, Danil is a transliteration of Данил.
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 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Daniequivalent
- Daniloequivalent
- Daniilequivalent
- Danilaequivalent
- Danelequivalent
- Danylequivalent
- Данілаequivalent
- Danyilequivalent
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People named Danil
- Danil LysenkoRussian athleteborn 1997
- Danil SadreevRussian ski jumperborn 2003
- Danil KuraksinEstonian footballer (born 2003)
- Danil KhalimovOlympic wrestler (1978-2020)
- Danil StepanovRussian association footballerborn 2000
- Danil SkorkoUkrainian footballerborn 2002
- Danil HaustovEstonian swimmer (born 1980)
- Daniil KoretskySoviet writerborn 1948
- Danil VassilyevKazakh ski jumperborn 2004
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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