# Dani
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈdæni/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -æni

#### Proper noun

Dani
* A diminutive of the female given name Danielle and of its variant forms.
* A rare spelling variant of Danny, diminutive of the male given name Daniel.

### Etymology 2

* As an Italian, Slovak (Dáni), Romanian, and German surname, from diminutives of the given name Daniel.
* As an Albanian surname, from Dan, a short form of the Islamic name Ramadan.
* As an Indian surname, borrowed from Gujarati દાણી (dāṇī), from Sanskrit दानिन् (dānin, “giving, generous”).

#### Proper noun

Dani (plural Danis)
* A surname from Gujarati.

##### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Dani is the 36337th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 616 individuals. Dani is most common among White (48.54%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (42.37%) individuals.

### See also

* Dan

### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dani”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 409.

### Anagrams

* Dina, Andi, Nadi, NAID, Dain, iDNA, naid, Adin, -inda, IDNA, Nida, Inda, ad in

## Albanian
### Etymology

From Dan (Dan) +‎ -i (-(of) the / -s). See Dan (“Dan, Danny”) for more.

### Proper noun

Dani m (definite Dani)
* nominative singular definite of Dan
* genitive singular indefinite of Dan
* dative singular indefinite of Dan
* ablative singular indefinite of Dan

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Clipping and -i diminutive of Dániel (changing -á- to -a-).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɒni]
* Hyphenation: Da‧ni
* Rhymes: -ni

### Proper noun

Dani
* a diminutive of the male given name Dániel

#### Declension
## Icelandic
### Etymology

Derived from Old Norse danir, from Proto-Germanic *daniz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtaːnɪ/
    Rhymes: -aːnɪ

### Noun

Dani m (genitive singular Dana, nominative plural Danir)
* Dane (a person from Denmark or of Danish descent)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Dani” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

### Anagrams

* andi

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *daniz.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈdaː.niː/, [ˈd̪äːniː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈda.ni/, [ˈd̪äːni]

### Proper noun

Dānī m pl (genitive Dānōrum); second declension
* (Late Latin) the Danes (natives of Denmark)
** Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum
    Danorum Regum heroumque Historiae
       "History of the Kings and heroes of the Danes"
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Venantius Fortunatus to this entry?)

#### Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

#### Derived terms

* Dānia
* Dānicus

### References

* Dāni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 466/3.

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

Dani
* a diminutive of the female given name Daniela
* a diminutive of the male given name Daniel

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdani/ [ˈd̪a.ni]
* Rhymes: -ani
* Syllabification: Da‧ni

### Proper noun

Dani m
* a diminutive of the male given name Daniel

### Proper noun

Dani f
* a diminutive of the female given name Daniela