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 [ 1 syll. dan, da-n ] The boy name Dan is also used as a girl name, but the use for boys is much more common. Its pronunciation is DAEN KEY. Dan is used chiefly in the German, English, and Romanian languages, and it is derived from Hebrew origins. Biblical name derived literally from the element 'dan' meaning judge. Dan (Hebrew) is an original form of Dan. In the Bible, Dan was one of Jacob's sons who founded one of the twelve tribes of Israel named after him. The fictional Dan Dare is a British comic space hero created by Frank Hampson in the 1950s. The name Dana (Czech, German, Polish, and Romanian) and the name Danya (English, Russian, and Hebrew) are the female forms of Dan.
In addition, Dan is a short form of the name Daniel (Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish) in the English and Romanian languages. Danny (English and Hebrew pet form) and Dann (English variant spelling) are forms of Dan. See also the related form, Danika (English). Dan is an unusual baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1958 with 0.172% of baby boys being given the name Dan. Its ranking then was #109. The baby name has since fallen from favor, and is today of infrequent use. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly linked to Dan, Daniel (Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish) was the most popular. In the past century Dan has predominantly been a boy name. Baby names that sound like Dan include Dann (English), Daan (Dutch), Dain (English), Daine (English), Dane (English, Dutch, and Lithuanian), Dayne (English), Dean (English and German), Deane (English), Den (English), Dene (English), Dinh (Vietnamese), Dom (English), Don (English and Scottish), Donagh (Irish), Donn (English, Irish, and Scottish), Down (English), Duane (English and Irish), Dun (English), Dune (English), and Dunn (English). Details of famous persons named Dan: KEY: Pronunciation for Dan: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
