Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Danis 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 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Danis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 197
- 166 boys · 31 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,295 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +38%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,295 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 817 as a first name in 2020; 2,355 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.
Danis’s family of names
Danis is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Данис. In Greek usage, Danis is a transliteration of Δάνης.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Danis
- Danis TanovićBosnian film director and politicianborn 1969
- Danis ZaripovRussian ice hockey playerborn 1981
- Danis CivilFrench breakdancerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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