Given name & surname
Dano
“God is my judge”
Dano has a related form in Daniel. Daniel means “God is my judge” in Hebrew.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dano has a related form in Daniel. Daniel means “God is my judge” in Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dano 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
Dano 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 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Dano 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
Dano through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36
- 36 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 8 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 1977. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1954. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 214 as a first name in 2020; 999 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.
Dano’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Dano has a diminutive in Danko. In Slovak usage, Dano has a related form in Daniel.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Dano
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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75% boys · 25% girls
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“twin”
80% boys · 20% girls
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“God is my judge”
>99% boys
Arnie
“resembling an eagle” · “the eagle ruler”
>99% boys
Buz
“contempt”
>99% boys
Michaels
“who is like God?”
>99% boys
Michel
“who is like God?”
76% boys · 24% girls