Given name & surname
Dannel
“God is my judge”
Dannel is a variant of Daniel. Daniel means “God is my judge” in Hebrew.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dannel is a variant of Daniel. Daniel means “God is my judge” in Hebrew.
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Where it comes from
Dannel 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.
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How it developed
Dannel 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 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Dannel 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
Dannel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 140
- 120 boys · 20 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 13 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1983. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 295 as a first name in 2020; 121 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dannel
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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