Meaning & History
Hebrew word meaning "to judge" [1] .
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Given Name DescendantsDanial, Daniyal (Arabic) Daniel, Taniel (Armenian) Danel (Basque) Daniil (Belarusian) Abidan, Dan, Daniel, Dinah (Biblical) Abidan, Daniel, Deina, Dina (Biblical Greek) Avidan, Dan, Daniyyel, Dina (Biblical Hebrew) Abidan, Danihel, Dina (Biblical Latin) Deniel (Breton) Danail, Daniel, Daniela (Bulgarian) Daniel (Catalan) Danijel, Danijela, Danilo, Daniel (Croatian) Daniel, Daniela (Czech) Daniel, Dina (Danish) Daniël, Daniëlle, Danielle, Danique, Dina (Dutch) Daniel, Daniela, Daniella, Danielle, Dinah (English) Daniel, Taaniel, Tanel (Estonian) Dániel, Dánjal (Faroese) Daniel, Taneli (Finnish) Daniel, Danièle, Danielle (French) Daniel, Danieli (Georgian) Daniel, Daniela (German) Daniil (Greek) Avidan, Dan, Dana, Daniel, Daniela, Danya, Dina (Hebrew) Dániel, Daniella (Hungarian) Daníel (Icelandic) Danial (Indonesian) Daniela, Daniele, Danila, Danilo, Dina (Italian) Daniels, Daniils, Dina (Latvian) Nélida (Literature) Danielius, Danutė (Lithuanian) Daniel, Daniela (Macedonian) Danial (Malay) Daniel, Dina (Norwegian) Danial, Daniyal (Persian) Daniel, Daniela, Danuta (Polish) Daniel, Daniela, Danilo, Diná (Portuguese) Daniele (Portuguese (Brazilian)) Daniel, Daniela (Romanian) Daniil, Dina, Danil, Danila (Russian) Danijel, Danijela, Danilo (Serbian) Daniel, Daniela (Slovak) Daniel, Danijel, Danijela, Danilo (Slovene) Daniel, Daniela, Danilo, Dina, Nélida (Spanish) Daniel, Dina (Swedish) Danyal (Turkish) Danylo, Dina, Danyil, Danyila (Ukrainian) Daniyal (Urdu) Deiniol (Welsh)
Surname DescendantsDanailov, Danailova (Bulgarian) Daniel, Danielová (Czech) Danielsen (Danish) Danell, Daniel, Daniell, Daniels, Danielson, Dannel, Danniel, Danniell, Dennell (English) Daniau, Daniel, Deniau, Deniaud, Deniel, Dennel (French) Daniel (German) Danielsen (Norwegian) Daniel (Polish) Daniel (Portuguese) Daniel (Romanian) Danilov, Danilova (Russian) Daniel, Danielová (Slovak) Danielsson (Swedish)
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Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h1777, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h1777.
Entry updated May 26, 2026