Daniel (given name)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | "I am beast " |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Dan |
Daniel is a name that means, "God is my judge".[1][2] It is both a surname and a given name. Danny and Dan are common nicknames for Daniel. Danielle and Daniela are female variants.
People with the surname or given name of Daniel
- Andrew Daniel, winner of the fifth season of the American show Big Brother
- Antoine Daniel, a Jesuit missionary
- Arnaut Daniel, a Provençal troubadour of the 13th century
- Augustus Daniel, former Director of the National Gallery in London
- Beth Daniel, a professional golfer
- Bill Daniel, a governor of Guam and Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives
- Britt Daniel, lead singer of the rock band Spoon
- Brittany Daniel, an American actress
- Caroline Daniel, a panelist for The McLaughlin Group
- Celso Daniel, former mayor of Santo André, São Paulo
- Charles E. Daniel, a United States Senator from South Carolina
- Dan Daniel (sportswriter), an American sportswriter
- Daniel Boone, American pioneer and hunter
- Daniel Ciobotea, The Patriarch of Romania
- Daniel Day-Lewis, English actor
- Daniel Jacobs, American guitarist of the Metalcore band Atreyu
- Daniel Dae Kim, a Korean-American actor
- Daniel Lins Cortês, a Brazilian footballer
- Daniel Radcliffe, British actor best known for acting the main role in Harry Potter films
- Drew Daniel, member of the band Matmos
- Elton L. Daniel, a historian and Iranologist
- Frank Daniel, a Czech-born film director, producer and screenwriter
- Gabriel Daniel, a French Jesuit historian
- Gbenga Daniel, governor of Ogun State in Nigeria
- Glyn Daniel, a British archaeologist
- Hugh Daniel, a computer engineer
- Jack Daniel, the founder of Jack Daniel's whiskey
- James Simpson-Daniel, an English rugby union footballer
- Jeffrey Daniel, an American dancer and singer, notably of the group Shalamar
- John Daniel, a 17th century English musician
- John Reeves Jones Daniel, a United States Representative from North Carolina
- John W. Daniel, an American lawyer and Democratic politician
- Junius Daniel, an American planter and career military officer
- Marcos Daniel, a professional Brazilian tennis player
- Oliver Daniel, an American arts administrator, musicologist, and composer
- Paul Daniel, an English conductor
- Peter Vivian Daniel, an American jurist
- Price Daniel, a United States Senator from Texas
- Ray Daniel, a Welsh football player and manager
- Robert Daniel, a United States Representative from Virginia
- Samuel Daniel, an English poet and historian
- Tony Daniel, an American comic book artist
- Wayne Daniel, a cricket player
- Wendy Palmer-Daniel, a professional basketball player in the WNBA
- William Daniel, a 19th century American politician
- Yuli Daniel, a Soviet dissident writer
See also
- Danielle (disambiguation)
- Danny house/park, Sussex, England.
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1, p.68.