# Daniel
## 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: /ˈdænjəl/
** (UK) IPA: [ˈdanjəl]
* Audio (Canada):(file)
* (obsolete) enPR: Dăn'əl, IPA: /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
* A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
    Synonym: (abbreviation) Dan.
* (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.
* 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.
* A British surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Daniels.
* A French surname originating as a patronymic.
* A Portuguese surname originating as a patronymic.
* A surname from Irish, a rare adopted anglicization of Ó Domhnaill (O'Donnell).
* A village in central Poland.
* A town in Utah, United States.
* 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

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

### Noun

Daniel (plural Daniels)
* 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

### References

* ↑ Oxford Names Companion
* ↑ Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700‎, second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 334, page 986.
* ↑ Hall, Joseph Sargent (1942 March 2) “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, →ISBN, § II.2, page 66.

### 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: /ˈda.ɲɛɫ/, /ˈda.ɲɛl/, /ˈda.njɛɫ/, /ˈda.njɛl/

### Proper noun

Daniel m (definite Danieli)
* (Christianity, biblical) Daniel (Old Testament prophet)
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel

#### Related terms

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

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Daniel m
* (biblical) Daniel
* (biblical) Daniel (book of the Bible)
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdanɪjɛl]

### Proper noun

Daniel m anim
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel

#### Declension
## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈd̥æːˀnjəl]

### Proper noun

Daniel
* (biblical) Daniel
* Daniel (book of the Bible)
* 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

* 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: /ˈdaː.niˌjɛl/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Da‧ni‧el

### Proper noun

Daniel m
* A village in Curaçao
* Alternative form of Daniël

### Anagrams

* eiland, inlade, lade in

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɑniel/, [ˈdɑ̝nie̞l]
* Rhymes: -ɑniel
* Hyphenation: Da‧ni‧el

### Proper noun

Daniel
* Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
* 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

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 87th 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: /da.njɛl/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: Danielle, Danièle

### Proper noun

Daniel m
* (biblical) Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel

#### Related terms

* (feminine names): Danièle, Danielle

## German
### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Daniel m (proper noun, strong, genitive Daniels)
* (biblical) Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
* a male given name from Hebrew, feminine equivalent Daniela, equivalent to English Daniel

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Daniël, from Latin Dāniēl, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from the Biblical Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל (Daniyél, “Daniel”, literally “God is [my] judge”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /daˈniɛl/ [daˈni.ɛl]
* Rhymes: -ɛl
* Syllabification: Da‧ni‧el

### Proper noun

Daniel
* Daniel (biblical prophet)
* Book of Daniel

### Further reading

* “Daniel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## 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: /ˈdaː.ni.eːl/, [ˈd̪äːnieːɫ̪]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈda.ni.el/, [ˈd̪äːniel]

### Proper noun

Dāniēl m sg (genitive Dāniēlis); third declension
* Daniel (Biblical character)
* Book of Daniel

#### Declension

Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.

#### 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
* Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
* 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
* 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.

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* Danihel

### Etymology

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

### Proper noun

Daniel m
* a male given name, equivalent to English Daniel
** The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
    An. DCCXXI Hēr Daniel ferde to Rōme ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare Īne ofslōh Cynewulf.Year 721 In this year Daniel went to Rome, and in the same year Ine slew Cynewulf.

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈda.ɲɛl/
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Audio 3:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɲɛl
* Syllabification: Da‧niel
* Homophone: daniel

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin Dāniēl.

#### Proper noun

Daniel m pers
* (biblical) Daniel (prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel)

##### Declension
#### Proper noun

Daniel m pers (female equivalent Daniela, diminutive Danielek)
* a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], equivalent to English Daniel
* a male surname from Latin

##### Declension
#### Proper noun

Daniel f (indeclinable)
* a female surname from Latin

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Proper noun

Daniel f
* 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: /dɐ.niˈɛw/ [dɐ.nɪˈɛʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /dɐˈnjɛw/ [dɐˈnjɛʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɐˈnjɛl/ [dɐˈnjɛɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɐˈnjɛl/ [dɐˈnjɛɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɐˈnjɛ.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
* Hyphenation: Da‧ni‧el

### Proper noun

Daniel m (plural Daniéis)
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel
* (biblical) Daniel (Old Testament prophet)
* (biblical) Daniel (the book of the Bible)

#### Coordinate terms

* Génesis (Portugal) ~ Gênesis (Brazil)
* Êxodo
* Levítico
* Números
* Deuteronómio (Portugal) ~ Deuteronômio (Brazil)
* Josué
* Juízes
* Rute
* 1 Samuel
* 2 Samuel
* 1 Reis
* 2 Reis
* 1 Crónicas (Portugal) ~ 1 Crônicas (Brazil)
* 2 Crónicas (Portugal) ~ 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

## Scottish Gaelic
### Proper noun

Daniel m (genitive Dhanieil)
* (biblical) Daniel
* (biblical) Daniel, the twenty-seventh book of the Old Testament

#### Coordinate terms

* 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

### Mutation

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: [ˈdaɲi̯el]

### Proper noun

Daniel m pers (genitive singular Daniela, nominative plural Danielovia, declension pattern of chlap)
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel
* (religion) Daniel

#### 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, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /daˈnjel/ [d̪aˈnjel]
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: Da‧niel

### Proper noun

Daniel m
* Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel
* 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:(file)

### Proper noun

Daniel c (genitive Daniels)
* Daniel (biblical book and prophet)
* 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
* 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

## Welsh
### Etymology

Doublet of Deiniol.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdanjɛl/

### Proper noun

Daniel m (not mutable)
* (biblical) A prophet, subject of the Book of Daniel
* (biblical) The Book of Amos

#### Coordinate terms

* Genesis
* Exodus
* Lefiticus
* Numeri
* Deuteronomium
* Josua
* Barnwyr
* Ruth
* 1 Samuel
* 2 Samuel
* 1 Brenhinoedd
* 2 Brenhinoedd
* 1 Cronicl
* 2 Cronicl
* Esra
* Nehemeia
* Esther
* Job
* Salmau
* Diarhebion
* Pregethwr
* Caniad Solomon
* Eseia
* Jeremeia
* Galarnad
* Eseciel
* Daniel
* Hosea
* Joel
* Amos
* Obadeia
* Jona
* Micha
* Nahum
* Habacuc
* Seffaneia
* Haggai
* Sechareia
* Malachi