English

Proper noun

Daniel

1. A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
2. The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV):: Daniel 6: 16:

     Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.

   • ~1594 William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice: Act IV, Scene I:

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

3. A male given name in regular use since the Middle Ages.
   • 1989 John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Corgi Books, ISBN 0552135399, 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. (rare) A female given name.
5. A patronymic surname​.
6. A location in the state of Wyoming in the United States (Zip Code: 83115). (From the U.S. Census Bureau 1990)

Derived terms

Related terms

• variants and pet forms: Dan, Danny
• feminine given names: Dana, Daniela, Daniella, Danielle
• Daniil

Translations

Anagrams

• Aldine, alined, deal in, dealin', denial, enlaid, inlead, lead-in, nailed

Catalan

Proper noun

Daniel m

1. Daniel

Czech

Proper noun

Daniel m

1. A male given name, cognate with Daniel

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̥æːˀnjəl]

Proper noun

Daniel

1. Daniel (prophet)
2. Daniel (book of the Bible)
3. A male given name

Related terms

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

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Daniel ?

1. Daniel (prophet)
2. Daniel (book of the Bible)
3. A male given name

Related terms

• male name variants: Daan, Dan, Danni, Danny
• feminine given names: Daniella, Danielle

Anagrams

• eiland, inlade, lade in

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑniel/
• Hyphenation: Da‧ni‧el

Proper noun

Daniel

1. Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
2. A male given name.
   • 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 978-951-27976-1, 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?

Declension

Related terms

• Taneli

French

Proper noun

Daniel m

1. Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
2. A male given name

Related terms

• feminine names: Danièle, Danielle

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdaːniːɛl]
• Hyphenation: Da‧ni‧el

Proper noun

Daniel

1. Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
2. A male given name.

Related terms

• feminine given name: Daniela

Latin

Alternative forms

• (book of the Bible): Dan.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ni.eːl/

Proper noun

Daniēl m ‎(genitive Daniēlis); third declension

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

Declension

Third declension.

Descendants

• English: Daniel, Dan
• Italian: Daniele
• Swedish: Daniel

References

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

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.

Related terms

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

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• 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

Proper noun

Daniel m

1. A male given name.

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌdɐ.ni.ˈɛw/, /dɐ.ˈnjɛw/

Proper noun

Daniel m

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

Slovak

Etymology

From Hebrew דניאל.

Proper noun

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

1. A male given name, cognate to English Daniel.

Declension

Derived terms

• Daňo m
• Danko m

Spanish

Proper noun

Daniel ‎(m)

1. Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
2. A male given name.
3. The letter D in the Spanish phonetic alphabet

Swedish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Daniel

1. Daniel(biblical book and prophet)
2. A male given name.

Related terms

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

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 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.

English

Noun

daniel ‎(plural daniels)

1. (US slang) The buttocks.
   • 1946, Mezz Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues, Payback Press 1999, p. 85:

     He'd pull the chair out from under some dignified dowager and catch her just before she went to fall on her daniel [...].

Anagrams

• Aldine, alined, deal in, dealin', denial, enlaid, inlead, lead-in, nailed

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪aɲɛl/

Noun

daniel m anim

1. fallow deer

Declension