Daniel

See also: daniel, Daniël, Dániel, and Daníel

English

Etymology

From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל (daniyél, literally God is my judge), name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.[1]

Pronunciation

  • enPR: Dăn'yəl, IPA(key): /ˈdænjəl/
    • (UK) IPA(key): [ˈdanjəl]
  • (file)
  • (obsolete) enPR: Dăn'əl, IPA(key): /ˈdænəl/[2][3]

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  • Rhymes: -ænjəl

Proper noun

Daniel

  1. A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
    Synonym: (abbreviation) Dan.
  2. (biblical) The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
  3. A male given name from Hebrew in regular use since the Middle Ages.
    • 1989, John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Corgi Books, →ISBN, page 55:
      "His name is Daniel Needham," my mother said. Whew! With what relief - down came my grandmother's hands! Needham was a fine old name, a founding fathers sort of name, a name you could trace back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony - if not exactly Gravesend itself. And Daniel was as Daniel as Daniel Webster, which was as good a name as a Wheelwright could wish for.
      "But he's called Dan," my mother added, bringing a slight frown to my grandmother's countenance.
  4. A British surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Daniels.
  5. A French surname originating as a patronymic.
  6. A Portuguese surname originating as a patronymic.
  7. A surname from Irish, a rare adopted anglicization of Ó Domhnaill (O'Donnell).
  8. A village in central Poland.
  9. A town in Utah, United States.
  10. A census-designated place in Wyoming, United States.

Alternative forms

  • (French surname): Danis, Daneau, Danel, Danès, Danet, Daniau, Deniau, Deniaud, Deniel, Dennel, Dany, Daniellot, Daniélou

Derived terms

Translations

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Noun

Daniel (plural Daniels)

  1. A wise judge, like the biblical Daniel who ingeniously saved a woman from false accusations of adultery.

Derived terms

References

  1. Oxford Names Companion
  2. Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700, volume II: Phonology, second edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, OCLC 1300760, § 334, page 986.
  3. Hall, Joseph Sargent (March 2, 1942), “2. The Vowel Sounds of Unstressed and Partially Stressed Syllables”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, DOI:10.7312/hall93950, →ISBN, § II.2, page 66.

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Alternative form of Albanian Danjell (Daniel); from Latin Daniēl (from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈda.ɲɛɫ/, /ˈda.ɲɛl/, /ˈda.njɛɫ/, /ˈda.njɛl/

Proper noun

Daniel m (definite Danieli)

  1. (Christianity, biblical) Daniel (Old Testament prophet)
  2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel
  • Dan m (diminutive)
  • Danjellë f, Danjelë f, Danielë f

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Daniel m

  1. (biblical) Daniel
  2. (biblical) Daniel (book of the Bible)
  3. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdaɲɪɛl]

Proper noun

Daniel m

  1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈd̥æːˀnjəl]

Proper noun

Daniel

  1. (biblical) Daniel
  2. Daniel (book of the Bible)
  3. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel

References

  • Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 20 632 males with the given name Daniel have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Dutch

Etymology

The village is named after a former plantation house.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaː.niˌjɛl/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Da‧ni‧el

Proper noun

Daniel m

  1. A village in Curaçao.
  2. Alternative form of Daniël.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל (daniyél).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑniel/, [ˈdɑnie̞l]
  • Rhymes: -ɑniel
  • Syllabification(key): Da‧ni‧el

Proper noun

Daniel

  1. Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
  2. a male given name from Hebrew
    • 1968 Venny Kontturi, Kankurikello, Gummerus, page 32:
      Mutta nimeksi ei voitu laittaa Daniel niin kuin Kusti koko ajan oli uhkaillut ja äiti vastustellut. Äiti oli sanonut tosisssaan, ettei sitä nyt sellaista karhunpalvelusta voida lapsellensa tehdä että Taneliksi ristittäisiin. Toiset mukulat tuonnempana vain nimittelisivät ja rumaa hokua veisaisivat lapselle.
      Ja Viira tiesi kyllä, mitä viisua äiti ajoi takaa vaikka ei sanonut. Sitä niin, jossa hoettiin hävyttömästi, että tint tant taneli, tanelin pallia paleli.
    • 2014, Antti Holma, Järjestäjä, Otava, →ISBN, page 46:
      Daniel hänen nimensä oli. Tietenkin. Ei hän olisi voinut olla Jani tai Sami. Janit ovat kännykkäkaupassa töissä. Samitkin ovat kännykkäkaupassa töissä, mutta esimiesasemassa. Oliko hän joku tähti?
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    • 2019, Anja Portin, Muistokirjoitus, S&S, →ISBN, page 107:
      Daniel, mies sanoo. Julia ajattelee, että nimi sopii kauriille, se on pehmeä ja notkea. Hän tarttuu miehen käteen ja sanoo nimensä.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Declension

Inflection of Daniel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative Daniel Danielit
genitive Danielin Danielien
Danieleiden
Danieleitten
partitive Danielia Danieleita
Danieleja
illative Danieliin Danieleihin
singular plural
nominative Daniel Danielit
accusative nom. Daniel Danielit
gen. Danielin
genitive Danielin Danielien
Danieleiden
Danieleitten
partitive Danielia Danieleita
Danieleja
inessive Danielissa Danieleissa
elative Danielista Danieleista
illative Danieliin Danieleihin
adessive Danielilla Danieleilla
ablative Danielilta Danieleilta
allative Danielille Danieleille
essive Danielina Danieleina
translative Danieliksi Danieleiksi
instructive Danielein
abessive Danielitta Danieleitta
comitative Danieleineen
Possessive forms of Daniel (type paperi)
possessor singular plural
1st person Danielini Danielimme
2nd person Danielisi Danielinne
3rd person Danielinsa

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French

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Daniel m

  1. (biblical) Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
  2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaːni̯ɛl/, [ˈdaː.njɛl], [ˈdaː.ni.ɛl]
  • IPA(key): /ˈdaːˌni̯eːl/, /ˈdaːni̯əl/ (rarer variants)
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Da‧ni‧el

Proper noun

Daniel m (proper noun, strong, genitive Daniels)

  1. (biblical) Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
  2. a male given name from Hebrew, feminine equivalent Daniela, equivalent to English Daniel

Latin

Alternative forms

  • (book of the Bible): Dan.
  • Danihēl

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from the Biblical Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל (Daniyél, Daniel, literally God is [my] judge).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdaː.ni.eːl/, [ˈd̪äːnieːɫ̪]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈda.ni.el/, [ˈd̪äːniel]

Proper noun

Dāniēl m sg (genitive Dāniēlis); third declension

  1. Daniel (Biblical character)
  2. Book of Daniel

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Dāniēl
Genitive Dāniēlis
Dative Dāniēlī
Accusative Dāniēlem
Ablative Dāniēle
Vocative Dāniēl

Descendants

  • Albanian: Danjell, Daniell, Daniel
  • English: Daniel, Dan
  • Italian: Daniele
  • Swedish: Daniel

References

  • Dănĭēl”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Daniel in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Further reading


Norwegian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Hebrew דניּאל (daniyél, God is my judge). First recorded as a given name in Norway c. 1350.

Proper noun

Daniel

  1. Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
  2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk:15 404 males with the given name Daniel living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak around 1990. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈda.ɲɛl/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɲɛl
  • Syllabification: Da‧niel
  • Homophone: daniel

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Daniēl, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל‎ (daniyél).

Proper noun

Daniel m pers

  1. (biblical) Daniel (Biblical character)

Daniel m pers (feminine Daniela)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Daniel
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Daniel f

  1. genitive plural of Daniela

Further reading

  • Daniel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Daniel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese Daniel, from Latin Daniēl, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל. Doublet of Danilo.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /dɐ.niˈɛw/ [dɐ.nɪˈɛʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /dɐˈnjɛw/ [dɐˈnjɛʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɐˈnjɛl/ [dɐˈnjɛɫ]

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
  • Hyphenation: Da‧ni‧el

Proper noun

Daniel m

  1. (biblical) Daniel (Old Testament prophet)
  2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel

Slovak

Etymology

From Hebrew דניאל.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdani̯el]

Proper noun

Daniel m (genitive singular Daniela, nominative plural Danielovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel
  2. (religion) Daniel

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Daniel in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daˈnjel/ [d̪aˈnjel]
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: Da‧niel

Proper noun

Daniel m

  1. Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
  2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel
  3. the letter D in the Spanish spelling alphabet

Derived terms


Swedish

Etymology

From Vulgate Latin Daniel, ultimately of Hebrew origin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1246.

Proper noun

Daniel c (genitive Daniels)

  1. Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
  2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 82 724 males with the given name Daniel living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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