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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: Dăn'yəl, IPA^(key): /ˈdænjəl/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈdanjəl]

• Audio (Canada):

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• (obsolete) enPR: Dăn'əl, IPA^(key): /ˈdænəl/

Book of Daniel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Daniel on Wikisource.Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

• Rhymes: -ænjəl

Proper noun

Daniel

2. A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Dan.

4. (biblical) The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 6:16:

     Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the denne of Lions: now the king spake and saide vnto Daniel; Thy God, whom thou seruest continually, he will deliuer thee.

5. 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.

6. A British surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Daniels.
7. A French surname originating as a patronymic.
8. A Portuguese surname originating as a patronymic.
9. A surname from Irish, a rare adopted anglicization of Ó Domhnaill (O'Donnell).
10. A village in central Poland.
11. A town in Utah, United States.
12. 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

• Daniel come to judgement
• Danielish
• Daniel Island
• Danielness
• Daniels
• Danielsen
• Danielson
• Danielsville
• dreamy Daniel
• McDaniels

 

Related terms

• (diminutives): Dan, Danny
• (feminine equivalents): Dana, Daniela, Daniella, Danielle
• Daniil

Translations

book of the Bible

• Afrikaans: Daniël (af)
• Arabic: دَانْيَال (danyāl)
• Armenian: Դանիել (hy) (Daniel)
• Basque: Danel (eu)
• Bengali: ড্যানিয়েল (Ḍyāniẏēla)
• Breton: Deniel (br) m
• Catalan: Daniel (ca)
• Cebuano: Daniel
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 但以理書／但以理书 (daan⁶ ji⁵ lei⁵ syu¹)

  Eastern Min: 但以理 (Dáng-ī-lī)

  Mandarin: 但以理書／但以理书 (zh) (Dànyǐlǐshū)

• Corsican: Daniellu (co)
• Czech: Kniha Daniel
• Danish: Daniel
• Dutch: Daniël (nl), (Bijbel) Boek Daniël n
• Estonian: Taanieli raamat (et)
• Faroese: Dánjal (fo) m
• Finnish: Daniel (fi) m
• French: Daniel (fr)
• Georgian: დანიელ (daniel)
• German: Daniel (de)
• Greek: Δανιήλ (el) (Daniíl)

  Ancient: Δανιήλ m (Daniḗl)

• Greenlandic: Danieli (kl)
• Hawaiian: Daniela, Daniʻela
• Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל (he) m (daniyél)
• Hungarian: Dániel (hu)
• Icelandic: Daníel (is) m
• Ido: Daniel (io) m
• Irish: Leabhar Dhainéil m, Dainéil m
• Italian: Daniele (it)
• Japanese: ダニエル書 (Danieru-sho)
• Kazakh: Даниял (Daniäl)
• Korean: 다니엘서(書) (Daniel-seo), 다니엘 (Daniel)
• Latin: Daniēl (la) m
• Latvian: Daniels (lv) m
• Lavukaleve: Daniel
• Limburgish: Daniël (li)
• Lithuanian: Danielius m
• Macedonian: Да́ниел m (Dániel)
• Maltese: Ktieb Danjel (mt)
• Manx: Daniel (gv)
• Maori: Rāniera (mi)
• Mirandese: Daniel
• Norwegian: Daniel (no)
• Persian: دانیال (fa) (dâniyâl)
• Polish: Księga Daniela f
• Portuguese: Daniel (pt) m
• Romanian: Daniel m
• Russian: Даниил (ru) m (Daniil)
• Scots: Daniel
• Scottish Gaelic: Daniel (gd) m
• Slovak: Daniel m
• Slovene: Danijel (sl) m
• Spanish: Daniel (es)
• Swahili: Danieli (sw)
• Swedish: Daniel (sv) m
• Tagalog: Daniel (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Daniel
• Welsh: Deiniol (cy) m
• West Frisian: Daniël
• Zealandic: Daniël

biblical person

• Afrikaans: Daniël (af)
• Arabic: دَانْيَال (danyāl)
• Armenian: Դանիել (hy) (Daniel)
• Basque: Danel (eu)
• Breton: Deniel (br) m
• Catalan: Daniel (ca)
• Cebuano: Daniel
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 但以理 (daan⁶ ji⁵ lei⁵), 達尼爾／达尼尔 (daat⁶ nei⁴ ji⁵) (Catholic)

  Eastern Min: 但以理 (Dáng-ī-lī)

  Mandarin: 但以理 (Dànyǐlǐ), 達尼爾／达尼尔 (Dání'ěr) (Catholic)

• Corsican: Daniellu (co)
• Czech: Daniel (cs)
• Danish: Daniel
• Dutch: Daniël (nl) m
• Estonian: Taaniel, Tanel (et)
• Faroese: Dánjal (fo) m
• Finnish: Daniel (fi)
• French: Daniel (fr)
• Georgian: დანიელი (danieli)
• German: Daniel (de)
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌴𐌻 m (daniēl)
• Greek: Δανιήλ (el) m (Daniíl)

  Ancient Greek: Δανιήλ m (Daniḗl)

• Greenlandic: Danieli (kl)
• Hawaiian: Daniela, Daniʻela
• Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל (he) m (daniyél)
• Hungarian: Dániel (hu)
• Icelandic: Daníel (is) m
• Ido: Daniel (io) m
• Irish: Dainéil m
• Italian: Daniele (it) m
• Japanese: ダニエル (Danieru)
• Kazakh: Даниял (Daniäl)
• Korean: 다니엘 (Daniel)
• Latin: Daniel (la)
• Latvian: Daniels (lv) m
• Lavukaleve: Daniel
• Limburgish: Daniël (li)
• Lithuanian: Danielis m
• Macedonian: Да́ниел m (Dániel)
• Malay: Danial
• Maltese: Danjel
• Manx: Daniel (gv)
• Maori: Rāniera (mi)
• Mirandese: Daniel
• Ngazidja Comorian: Danieli
• Norwegian: Daniel (no)
• Old Irish: Dainiél m
• Persian: دانیال (fa) (dâniyâl)
• Polish: Daniel (pl) m
• Portuguese: Daniel (pt) m
• Romanian: Daniel m
• Russian: Дании́л (ru) m (Daniíl)
• Scots: Daniel
• Scottish Gaelic: Daniel (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: Danijel m, Данијел m
• Slovak: Daniel m
• Slovene: Danijel (sl) m
• Spanish: Daniel (es)
• Swahili: Danieli (sw)
• Swedish: Daniel (sv)
• Tagalog: Daniel (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Daniel
• Welsh: Daniel m
• West Frisian: Daniël
• Zealandic: Daniël

male given name

• Afrikaans: Daniel, Daniël (af)
• Arabic: دَانْيَال (danyāl)
• Armenian: Դանիել (hy) (Daniel)
• Basque: Danel (eu)
• Bengali: ড্যানিয়েল (ḍêniyel)
• Breton: Deniel (br) m
• Catalan: Daniel (ca)
• Cebuano: Daniel
• Chinese:

  Eastern Min: 但以理 (Dáng-ī-lī)

  Mandarin: 丹尼爾／丹尼尔 (zh) (Dānní'ěr), 達尼爾／达尼尔 (Dání'ěr)

• Corsican: Daniellu (co)
• Czech: Daniel (cs)
• Danish: Daniel
• Dutch: Daniël (nl) m, Daneel m
• Estonian: Tanel (et)
• Faroese: Dánjal (fo)
• Finnish: Taneli (fi), Daniel (fi)
• French: Daniel (fr)
• Galician: Daniel (gl) m
• Georgian: დანიელი (danieli), დენიელი (denieli)
• German: Daniel (de)
• Greek: Ντάνιελ (el) m (Ntániel) (transliteration from English), Δανιήλ (el) m (Daniíl)

  Ancient: Δανιήλ m (Daniḗl)

• Greenlandic: Danieli (kl)
• Hawaiian: Kaniela
• Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל (he) m (daniyél)
• Hungarian: Dániel (hu)
• Icelandic: Daníel (is) m
• Ido: Daniel (io) m
• Ingrian: Danila
• Irish: Dónall (ga) m
• Italian: Daniele (it)
• Japanese: ダニエル (Danieru)
• Korean: 다니엘 (Daniel)
• Latin: Daniel (la) m
• Latvian: Daniels (lv) m
• Lavukaleve: Daniel
• Limburgish: Daniël (li)
• Lithuanian: Danielis
• Macedonian: Да́ниел m (Dániel)
• Malay: Danial
• Maltese: Danjel m
• Manx: Daniel (gv)
• Maori: Rāniera (mi), Tāniora
• Mirandese: Daniel
• Norman: Dannié m
• Norwegian: Daniel (no)
• Persian: دانیال (fa) (dâniyâl), دنیل (daniyel)
• Polish: Daniel (pl) m
• Portuguese: Daniel (pt) m
• Romanian: Daniel m
• Russian: Дании́л (ru) m (Daniíl), Дани́ла (ru) m (Daníla), Дэ́ниел (ru) m (Dɛ́nijel)
• Scots: Daniel
• Scottish Gaelic: Daniel (gd) m, Dànaidh, (etymologically unrelated) Dòmhnall
• Slovak: Daniel m
• Slovene: Danijel (sl) m
• Spanish: Daniel (es)
• Swahili: Danieli (sw)
• Swedish: Daniel (sv)
• Tagalog: Daniel (tl) m
• Ukrainian: Данило́ m (Danyló)
• Waray-Waray: Daniel
• Welsh: Deiniol (cy)
• West Frisian: Daniël
• Zealandic: Daniël

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Ancient Greek: ^{(please verify)} Δανιήλ (Daniḗl)
• Inuktitut: ^{(please verify)} ᑕᓃᓪ (taniil)
• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} Danjel
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} Daniel m
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} Daniel, ^{(please verify)} Danijel (sl)
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} Данило (Danylo)

Noun

Daniel (plural Daniels)

1. A wise judge, like the biblical Daniel who ingeniously saved a woman from false accusations of adultery.
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

     A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel! / O wise young judge, how I do honour thee!

Derived terms

• Daniel come to judgement

Anagrams

• lead-in, denial, denail, Leanid, Aldine, Denali, alined, Delina, lead in, nailed, Eiland, dienal, Delian, enlaid, inlead, lained, dealin', leadin', deal in

Albanian

Alternative forms

• Danjell, Daniell

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

Related terms

• Dan m (diminutive)
• Danjellë f, Danjelë f, Danielë f

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.niˈɛl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [da.niˈɛl]
• Rhymes: -ɛl

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): [ˈdanɪjɛl]

Proper noun

Daniel m anim

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

Declension

Declension of Daniel (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Daniel	Danielové
genitive	Daniela	Danielů
dative	Danielovi, Danielu	Danielům
accusative	Daniela	Daniely
vocative	Daniele, Danieli	Danielové
locative	Danielovi, Danielu	Danielech
instrumental	Danielem	Daniely

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

Related terms

• (male given names) Dan, Danni, Danny
• (female given names) Daniella, Danielle
• (surnames) Danielsen

References

• [2] 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/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Da‧ni‧el

Proper noun

Daniel m

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

Anagrams

• eiland, inlade, lade in

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑniel/, [ˈdɑ̝nie̞l]
• Rhymes: -ɑniel
• Hyphenation^(key): Da‧ni‧el

Proper noun

Daniel

1. Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
2. a male given name from Biblical 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.

     But the name couldn't be Daniel, as Kusti had been threatening and mother resisting. The mother had said in earnest that they couldn't do such a disservice to their child to christen them Taneli. The other kids would just pick on him, singing their ugly rhymes.
     And Viira knew what she was getting at, even if she didn't say it out loud. The obscene one that went "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?

     Daniel was his name. Of course. He couldn't be a Jani or Sami. Janis work at mobile phone shops, and Samis too but as managers. Was he a star?

   • 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.

     Daniel, the main said. Julia thinks that the name is fitting for a deer, it's soft and flexible. She grabs the man by his hand and says his name.

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
abessive		Danielitta	Danieleitta
instructive		—	Danielein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Daniel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Danielini Danielini accusative nom. Danielini Danielini gen. Danielini genitive Danielini Danielieni Danieleideni Danieleitteni partitive Danieliani Danieleitani Danielejani inessive Danielissani Danieleissani elative Danielistani Danieleistani illative Danieliini Danieleihini adessive Danielillani Danieleillani ablative Danieliltani Danieleiltani allative Danielilleni Danieleilleni essive Danielinani Danieleinani translative Danielikseni Danieleikseni abessive Danielittani Danieleittani instructive — — comitative — Danieleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Danielisi Danielisi accusative nom. Danielisi Danielisi gen. Danielisi genitive Danielisi Danieliesi Danieleidesi Danieleittesi partitive Danieliasi Danieleitasi Danielejasi inessive Danielissasi Danieleissasi elative Danielistasi Danieleistasi illative Danieliisi Danieleihisi adessive Danielillasi Danieleillasi ablative Danieliltasi Danieleiltasi allative Danielillesi Danieleillesi essive Danielinasi Danieleinasi translative Danieliksesi Danieleiksesi abessive Danielittasi Danieleittasi instructive — — comitative — Danieleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Danielimme Danielimme accusative nom. Danielimme Danielimme gen. Danielimme genitive Danielimme Danieliemme Danieleidemme Danieleittemme partitive Danieliamme Danieleitamme Danielejamme inessive Danielissamme Danieleissamme elative Danielistamme Danieleistamme illative Danieliimme Danieleihimme adessive Danielillamme Danieleillamme ablative Danieliltamme Danieleiltamme allative Danielillemme Danieleillemme essive Danielinamme Danieleinamme translative Danieliksemme Danieleiksemme abessive Danielittamme Danieleittamme instructive — — comitative — Danieleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Danielinne Danielinne accusative nom. Danielinne Danielinne gen. Danielinne genitive Danielinne Danielienne Danieleidenne Danieleittenne partitive Danielianne Danieleitanne Danielejanne inessive Danielissanne Danieleissanne elative Danielistanne Danieleistanne illative Danieliinne Danieleihinne adessive Danielillanne Danieleillanne ablative Danieliltanne Danieleiltanne allative Danielillenne Danieleillenne essive Danielinanne Danieleinanne translative Danieliksenne Danieleiksenne abessive Danielittanne Danieleittanne instructive — — comitative — Danieleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Danielinsa Danielinsa accusative nom. Danielinsa Danielinsa gen. Danielinsa genitive Danielinsa Danieliensa Danieleidensa Danieleittensa partitive Danieliaan Danieliansa Danieleitaan Danielejaan Danieleitansa Danielejansa inessive Danielissaan Danielissansa Danieleissaan Danieleissansa elative Danielistaan Danielistansa Danieleistaan Danieleistansa illative Danieliinsa Danieleihinsa adessive Danielillaan Danielillansa Danieleillaan Danieleillansa ablative Danieliltaan Danieliltansa Danieleiltaan Danieleiltansa allative Danielilleen Danielillensa Danieleilleen Danieleillensa essive Danielinaan Danielinansa Danieleinaan Danieleinansa translative Danielikseen Danieliksensa Danieleikseen Danieleiksensa abessive Danielittaan Danielittansa Danieleittaan Danieleittansa instructive — — comitative — Danieleineen Danieleinensa

Related terms

• Taneli

Statistics

• Daniel is the 87^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 8,010 male individuals (and as a middle name to 7,678 more), and also belongs to 12 female individuals (and as a middle name to 22 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

• elandi

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.njɛl/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: Danielle, Danièle

Proper noun

Daniel m

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

Related terms

• (feminine names): Danièle, Danielle

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaːni̯ɛl/, [ˈdaː.njɛl], [ˈdaː.ni.ɛl]
• IPA^(key): /ˈdaːˌni̯eːl/, /ˈdaːni̯əl/ (rarer variants)

• Audio (Austria):

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• Audio:

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• 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 Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.ni.eːl/, [ˈd̪äːnieːɫ̪]
• (modern Italianate 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.

	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

• Prophetia Danielis on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

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

Related terms

• (male given names) Dan
• (surnames) Danielsen

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [3] 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/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Audio 3:

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• Rhymes: -aɲɛl
• Syllabification: Da‧niel
• Homophone: daniel

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin Dāniēl.

Proper noun

Daniel m pers

1. (biblical) Daniel (prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel)

Declension

Declension of Daniel

	singular
nominative	Daniel
genitive	Daniela
dative	Danielowi
accusative	Daniela
instrumental	Danielem
locative	Danielu
vocative	Danielu

Proper noun

Daniel m pers (female equivalent Daniela, diminutive Danielek)

1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], equivalent to English Daniel
2. a male surname from Latin

Declension

Declension of Daniel

	singular	plural
nominative	Daniel	Danielowie
genitive	Daniela	Danielów
dative	Danielowi	Danielom
accusative	Daniela	Danielów
instrumental	Danielem	Danielami
locative	Danielu	Danielach
vocative	Danielu	Danielowie

Proper noun

Daniel f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname from Latin

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Daniel f

1. genitive plural of Daniela

Further reading

• Daniel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Daniel in PWN's encyclopedia
• “Daniel”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-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]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɐˈnjɛl/ [dɐˈnjɛɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɐˈnjɛ.li/

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

Proper noun

Daniel m

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

Coordinate terms

• (livros do Antigo Testamento católico) Génesis/Gênesis (Brazil), Êxodo, Levítico, Números, Deuteronómio/Deuteronômio (Brazil), Josué, Juízes, Rute, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Reis, 2 Reis, 1 Crónicas/1 Crônicas (Brazil), 2 Crónicas/2 Crônicas (Brazil), Esdras, Neemias, Tobias, Judite, Ester, 1 Macabeus, 2 Macabeus, Jó, Salmos, Provérbios, Eclesiastes, Cântico dos Cânticos, Sabedoria, Eclesiástico, Isaías, Jeremias, Lamentações, Baruque, Ezequiel, Daniel, Oseias, Joel, Amós, Abdias, Jonas, Miqueias, Naum, Habacuc, Sofonias, Ageu, Zacarias, Malaquias ^{(Category: pt:Books of the Bible)}

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Daniel m (genitive Dhanieil)

1. (biblical) Daniel
2. (biblical) Daniel, the twenty-seventh book of the Old Testament

Coordinate terms

• (Scottish Gaelic books of the Old Testament) Genesis, Ecsodus, Lebhiticus, Àireamh, Deuteronomi, Iosua, Britheamhan, Rut, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Rìghrean, 2 Rìghrean, 1 Eachdraidh, 2 Eachdraidh, Esra, Nehemiah, Ester, Iob, Sailm, Gnàth-fhacail, Eclesiastes, Dàn Sholaimh, Isaiah, Ieremiah, Tuireadh, Eseciel, Daniel, Hosèa, Ioel, Amos, Obadiah, Ionah, Micah, Nahum, Habacuc, Sephaniah, Hagai, Sechariah, Malachi ^{(Category: gd:Books of the Bible)}

Mutation

Mutation of Daniel

radical	lenition
Daniel	Dhaniel

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Hebrew דניאל.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdaɲi̯el]

Proper noun

Daniel m pers (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

Declension of Daniel

	singular	plural
nominative	Daniel	Danielovia
genitive	Daniela	Danielov
dative	Danielovi	Danielom
accusative	Daniela	Danielov
locative	Danielovi	Danieloch
instrumental	Danielom	Danielami

Derived terms

• Danielko, Daničko
• Daniš, Daniško
• Daňo m, Dano, Danko m
• Danuš, Danuško, Daňuško

 

Further reading

• “Daniel”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

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

• Dani

 

Related terms

• Daniela

 

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Daniel c (genitive Daniels)

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

Related terms

• (male given names) Dan
• (female names) Daniela, Daniella
• (surnames) Danielsson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [4] 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.

Anagrams

• ilande, inleda