Daniel

Meanings

1. A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
2. The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
3. A male given name from Hebrew in regular use since the Middle Ages.
4. A surname.
5. A British surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Daniels.
6. A French surname originating as a patronymic.
7. A Portuguese surname originating as a patronymic.
8. A surname from Irish, a rare adopted anglicization of Ó Domhnaill (“O'Donnell”), from Ó (“descendant”) + Domhnaill (“of Domhnall”).
9. A village in central Poland.
10. A town in Wasatch County, Utah, United States.
11. A census-designated place in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States.

1. A wise judge, like the biblical Daniel who ingeniously saved a woman from false accusations of adultery.

1. The buttocks.

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.