Given name & surname
Danon
“a man from Denmark”
Danon is a variant of Dane. One English interpretation is “a man from Denmark.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Danon is a variant of Dane. One English interpretation is “a man from Denmark.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Danon is a variant of Dane. An origin associated with Dane is English.
Explained through its name family
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. Danon is a variant of Dane. The history of Dane gives this family its wider story. Dane’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Danon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 291
- 261 boys · 30 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 14 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 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 351 as a first name in 2020; 280 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.
Danon’s family of names
Danon has a related form in Dane. In Greek usage, Danon as a surname is a transliteration of Δάνον. In Greek usage, Danon as a surname is a transliteration of Δανόν.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Danon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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