Given name
Dannie
“he judged”
Dannie is a variant of Dan. One Hebrew interpretation is “he judged.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dannie is a variant of Dan. One Hebrew interpretation is “he judged.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dannie is a form of Danny. Danny comes from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Dannie is a variant of Dan. The history of Dan gives this family its wider story. Dan appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Dannie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11,446
- 9,137 boys · 2,309 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 327 babies
- 2025
- 38
- #5,965 for girls · #5,252 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 47% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,965 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 43 in 1947. It also appeared in 18 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,482 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.
Dannie’s family of names
In English usage, Dannie has a related form in Danny. Dannie has a related form in Dan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Danielequivalent
- Daniequivalent
- Danniequivalent
- Danieleequivalent
- Danieequivalent
- Dennieequivalent
- Daanequivalent
- Danijelequivalent
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People named Dannie
- Dannie AbseWelsh poet and writer (1923–2014)
- Dannie HeinemanBelgian-American engineer and businessman1872–1962
- Dannie RichmondAmerican drummer1931–1988
- Dannie BulmanEnglish association football playerborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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