Key facts
- Pronunciation
- Czech: [ ˈdanɪjɛl ] , Dutch: [ ˈdaːnijɛl ] , French: [ danjɛl ] , German: [ ˈdaːni̯eːl, -ni̯ɛl ] , Polish: [ ˈdaɲɛl ] , Serbo-Croatian: [ dǎniel ] , Spanish: [ daˈnjel ]
- Gender
- Masculine
- Name day
- July 21
- Word name
- Hebrew
- Meaning
- God is my judge
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Daniel (Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל) is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge" and derives from two early biblical figures, primary among them Daniel from the Book of Daniel. It is a common given name for males and also used as a surname, and is the basis for various derived given names and surnames.
Background
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Daniel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.