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 [ 1 syll. da-ne, dan-e ] The boy name Dane is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is DEYN KEY. Dane is used predominantly in the English, Dutch, and Lithuanian languages, and it is derived from Old English and Hebrew origins. From Old English and Hebrew roots, its meaning is dean; valley - in this context, Dane is usually used in the English language. From the elements 'dean' ; 'decanus' meaning dean ; 'denu' meaning valley. The first name is derived from the surname, which itself developed as a dialect variant of Dean in south-east England. Dain (English), Daine (English), Dana (English, Scandinavian, and Hebrew), and Dayne (English) are variants of Dane. In addition, Dane is a variant (Dutch and Lithuanian) of the name Daniel (Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish). See also the related form, Dean (English and German). Dane is fairly popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity rose from the 1940s up to the 1980s; before that, it was of irregular use only. At the modest height of its usage in 1986, 0.056% of baby boys were given the name Dane. It ranked at #220 then. The baby name has since experienced a loss in popularity. In 2008, its usage was 0.042% and its ranking #350. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Dane, Daniel (Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish) was the most popular. In 2008, it was used 21 times more than Dane. Dane has in the past century been mostly given to boys. Baby names that sound like Dane include Dain (English), Daine (English), Dayne (English), Daan (Dutch), Dan (German, English, and Romanian), Dann (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). KEY: Pronunciation for Dane: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
