Gender:
Origin:
Hebrew
8967 famous people named Daniel found on Wikipedia.
1918366 male, 8178 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
15-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
5-th in year 2008
Used in: Biblical, Armenian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, French, Georgian, German, Hebrew, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish
A male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “the Lord is my judge.”.
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means, "God is my judge", and derives from two early biblical figures, primary among them Daniel from the Book of Daniel. It is a common given name for males, and is also used as a surname. It is also the basis for various derived given names and surnames.
Proper name, Hebrew, literally "God is my judge;" related to Dan, literally "he who judges," the tribe descended from Jacob's son of that name in Old Testament. Consistently in the top 15 names for boys born in the U.S. from 1972 through 2008.
English derivitive from Hebrew. Derived from the Hebrew daniel: God is my judge.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Craig | 1968 | English actor |
| 2 | Jordon Toohill | 2002 | Australian actor |
| 3 | Daniel Day-Lewis | 1957 | English actor |
| 4 | Daniel Bryan | 1981 | American professional wrestler |
| 5 | Daniel Cormier | 1979 | American sport wrestler and martial artist |
| 6 | Daniel Brühl | 1978 | German actor |
| 7 | Daniel Tosh | 1975 | American stand-up comedian |
| 8 | Daniel Baldwin | 1960 | Actor and producer from the United States |
| 9 | Daniel Kaluuya | 1989 | Actor |
| 10 | Daniel Sturridge | 1989 | English footballer |
| 11 | Daniel Gillies | 1976 | Canadian-born New Zealand actor |
| 12 | Brittany Daniel | 1976 | Actress |
| 13 | Daniel Wu | 1974 | American actor and film director based in Hong Kong |
| 14 | Daniel Boone | 1734 | American settler |
| 15 | Daniel Henney | 1979 | American actor and model |
| 16 | Daniel Wayne Smith | 1986 | American actor |
| 17 | Daniel Dae Kim | 1968 | South Korean-American actor |
| 18 | Daniel Stern | 1957 | American actor |
| 19 | Daniel Handler | 1970 | American novelist, children's writer, creator of Lemony Snicket |
| 20 | Daniel Sharman | 1986 | Actor from the UK |
| 21 | Daniel Padilla | 1995 | Filipino Actor, Singer and Musician |
| 22 | Daniel Sunjata | 1971 | American actor |
| 23 | Daniel Jacobs | 1987 | American boxer |
| 24 | Daniel Ricciardo | 1989 | Australian racing driver |
| 25 | Daniel Kahneman | 1934 | Israeli-American psychologist |
| 26 | Daniel Defoe | 1660 | English trader, writer and journalist |
| 27 | Daniel Inouye | 1924 | American politician from Hawaii, Medal of Honor recipient and World War II veteran |
| 28 | Daniel Negreanu | 1974 | Professional poker player |
| 29 | Daniel Pearl | 1963 | American journalist |
| 30 | Daniel Ek | 1983 | CEO and founder of Spotify |
| 31 | Daniel Cudmore | 1981 | Canadian actor |
| 32 | Daniel Murphy | 1985 | American baseball player |
| 33 | Daniel Moder | 1969 | American cinematographer |
| 34 | Daniel Holtzclaw | 1986 | |
| 35 | Daniel Lissing | 1981 | Australian actor |
| 36 | Daniel Dennett | 1942 | American philosopher |
| 37 | Cynthia Daniel | 1976 | American actress and photographer |
| 38 | Daniel Aminati | 1973 | German television presenter |
| 39 | Daniel Johnston | 1961 | American musician |
| 40 | Daniel Ellsberg | 1931 | American economist and whistleblower |
| 41 | Daniel Hartwich | 1978 | German television presenter |
| 42 | Daniel Johns | 1979 | Australian musician |
| 43 | Daniel | Protagonist in the Book of Daniel of the Hebrew Bible | |
| 44 | Daniel Norris | 1993 | American baseball player |
| 45 | Daniel Agger | 1984 | Danish footballer |
| 46 | Daniel Ortega | 1945 | President of Nicaragua |
| 47 | Daniel Barenboim | 1942 | Israeli Argentine-born pianist and conductor |
| 48 | Daniel Bedingfield | 1979 | British singer |
| 49 | Daniel O'Donnell | 1961 | Irish singer |
| 50 | Daniel Mays | 1978 | British actor |
| 51 | Chase Daniel | 1986 | American Football Quarterback |
| 52 | Daniel Franzese | 1978 | American actor |
| 53 | Daniel Gibson | 1986 | American basketball player |
| 54 | Daniel Patrick Moynihan | 1927 | American politician |
| 55 | Daniel Wirtz | 1975 | German musician and singer |
| 56 | Daniel Snyder | 1964 | American football owner |
| 57 | Daniel Silva | 1960 | American writer |
| 58 | Daniel Zovatto | 1991 | Actor from Costa Rica |
| 59 | Jack Daniel | 1850 | American distiller and founder of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery. |
| 60 | Daniel von Bargen | 1950 | American actor |
| 61 | Daniel Riolo | 1970 | French journalist |
| 62 | Daniel Amartey | 1994 | Association football player from Ghana |
| 63 | Daniel Zelman | 1967 | American actor, screenwriter, television producer, and director |
| 64 | Daniel J. Travanti | 1940 | Actor |
| 65 | Daniel Levy | 1962 | British businessman |
| 66 | Daniel Davis | 1945 | American actor |
| 67 | Daniel K. Ludwig | 1897 | American businessman |
| 68 | Daniel Kottke | 1954 | American computer engineer |
| 69 | Daniel Bernoully | 1700 | Russian mathematician |
| 70 | Daniel O'Connell | 1775 | Irish political leader |
| 71 | Daniel Roesner | 1984 | German actor |
| 72 | Daniel MacPherson | 1980 | Australian actor |
| 73 | Daniel Roebuck | 1963 | American actor, director, writer and producer |
| 74 | Daniel Burnham | 1846 | American architect and urban designer |
| 75 | Daniel Guzmán | 1973 | Spanish actor and film director |
| 76 | Daniel Tammet | 1979 | British writer, essayist and autistic savant |
| 77 | Daniel Libeskind | 1946 | Polish-American architect |
| 78 | Daniel Hannan | 1971 | British politician |
| 79 | Daniel Brocklebank | 1979 | British actor |
| 80 | Daniel Chatto | 1957 | British artist and actor |
| 81 | Daniel arap Moi | 1924 | President of Kenya |
| 82 | Daniel Portman | 1992 | Scottish actor |
| 83 | Kiss Daniel | 1994 | |
| 84 | Daniel Puder | 1981 | American martial artist |
| 85 | Daniel A. Dailey | 1972 | US Army soldier |
| 86 | Daniel Balaji | Indian actor | |
| 87 | Daniel Lanois | 1951 | Canadian record producer, singer-songwriter, musician |
| 88 | Daniel Huttlestone | 1999 | British actor |
| 89 | Daniel Morgan | 1736 | American pioneer, soldier and politician |
| 90 | Daniel Berrigan | 1921 | American Catholic priest, peace activist, and poet |
| 91 | Daniel Hale Williams | 1858 | American cardiologist |
| 92 | Daniel Roche | 1999 | English child actor |
| 93 | Daniel Camargo Barbosa | 1930 | Colombian serial killer |
| 94 | Daniel Goodfellow | 1996 | British diver |
| 95 | Daniel Rigby | 1982 | English television actor |
| 96 | Daniel Curtis Lee | 1991 | American actor |
| 97 | Daniel Guichard | 1948 | French singer |
| 98 | Daniel Matsunaga | 1988 | Filipino actor-model |
| 99 | Daniel S. Peña, Sr. | 1945 | American businessman |
| 100 | Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit | 1686 | German-Polish physicist and engineer |
| 101 | Daniel Espinosa | 1977 | Film director, screenwriter |
| 102 | Daniel Nestor | 1972 | Canadian tennis player |
| 103 | Daniel Amen | 1954 | American psychiatrist and self-help author |
| 104 | Daniel Daly | 1873 | United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient |
| 105 | Daniel Pfeiffer | 1975 | American presidential advisor |
| 106 | Daniel Sedin | 1980 | Swedish professional ice hockey player |
| 107 | Daniel Jones | 1973 | Australian musician |
| 108 | Daniel Casey | 1972 | British actor |
| 109 | Daniel Rialet | 1960 | French actor |
| 110 | Daniel Arenas | 1978 | Colombian actor |
| 111 | Daniel Lapaine | 1970 | Australian actor |
| 112 | Daniel Goleman | 1946 | American psychologist & journalist |
| 113 | Daniel Jackson | 1965 | Stargate |
| 114 | Daniel Powter | 1971 | Canadian musician |
| 115 | Daniel Domscheit-Berg | 1978 | German activist |
| 116 | Daniel Logan | 1987 | New Zealand actor |
| 117 | Daniel Henshall | 1982 | Actor |
| 118 | Daniel Omielańczuk | 1982 | Polish sportsperson |
| 119 | Daniel Platzman | 1986 | American musician |
| 120 | Daniel Choi | 1986 | South Korean actor, DJ and television anchorman |
| 121 | Daniel Hugh Kelly | 1952 | American actor |
| 122 | Daniel Massey | 1933 | English actor and performer |
| 123 | Daniel Berger | 1993 | Professional golfer |
| 124 | Daniel Parejo | 1989 | Spanish footballer |
| 125 | Daniel Webster | 1949 | Florida politician |
| 126 | Daniel Carver | 1948 | American white nationalist |
| 127 | Daniel Ayala | 1990 | Spanish footballer |
| 128 | Daniel S. Loeb | 1961 | American hedge fund manager |
| 129 | Daniel Sickles | 1819 | United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general |
| 130 | Daniel Brière | 1977 | Canadian ice hockey player |
| 131 | Daniel Cosgrove | 1970 | American actor |
| 132 | Daniel Ings | British actor | |
| 133 | Daniel Adair | 1975 | Canadian drummer |
| 134 | Daniel Boulud | 1955 | French chef |
| 135 | Daniel Auteuil | 1950 | French actor |
| 136 | Daniel Abraham | 1969 | Speculative fiction writer from the United States |
| 137 | Daniel Di Tomasso | 1983 | Canadian model and actor |
| 138 | Daniel Vettori | 1979 | New Zealand cricketer |
| 139 | Daniel Muriel | 1977 | |
| 140 | Daniel Palladino | American television producer | |
| 141 | Daniel Geale | 1981 | Australian boxer |
| 142 | Daniel Newman | 1981 | American actor, model, and musician |
| 143 | Daniel Suárez | 1992 | Racing driver |
| 144 | Danny Daniel | 1942 | Singer, composer |
| 145 | Daniel Alfredsson | 1972 | Ice hockey player |
| 146 | Daniel Balsam | American lawyer | |
| 147 | Daniel Clowes | 1961 | Cartoonist |
| 148 | Daniel Crowley | 1997 | British association football player |
| 149 | Daniel Caligiuri | 1988 | German footballer |
| 150 | Daniel Van Buyten | 1978 | Belgian footballer |
| 151 | Daniel Bernhardt | 1965 | Swiss actor |
| 152 | Daniel Orton | 1990 | American basketball player |
| 153 | Elijah Daniel | 1994 | |
| 154 | Daniel Passarella | 1953 | Argentine footballer |
| 155 | Daniel Amokachi | 1972 | Nigerian footballer |
| 156 | Jeffrey Daniel | 1955 | American singer and choreographer |
| 157 | Daniel Truhitte | 1943 | Rolf in The Sound of Music |
| 158 | Daniel B. Allyn | 1959 | United States Army general |
| 159 | Daniel Giese | 2000 | German musician |
| 160 | Daniel Leo | 1941 | American mobster |
| 161 | Daniel Akaka | 1924 | Hawaii politician |
| 162 | Daniel Gilbert | 1957 | American psychologist |
| 163 | Daniel Goddard | 1971 | Actor |
| 164 | Daniel J. Bernstein | 1971 | American mathematician, cryptologist and programmer |
| 165 | Daniel Winnik | 1985 | Canadian ice hockey player |
| 166 | Daniel Jarque | 1983 | Spanish footballer |
| 167 | Daniel Keyes | 1927 | American author |
| 168 | Daniel Andrews | 1972 | Australian politician, Premier of Victoria |
| 169 | Daniel Carriço | 1988 | Portuguese footballer |
| 170 | Daniel Pacheco | 1991 | Spanish association footballer |
| 171 | Daniel Peacock | 1958 | English actor, writer and director |
| 172 | Daniel Nava | 1983 | American baseball player |
| 173 | Daniel Parke Custis | 1711 | American planter |
| 174 | Daniel H. Pink | 1964 | American business writer |
| 175 | Daniel Scioli | 1957 | Argentine politician |
| 176 | Daniel Shays | 1747 | American soldier, revolutionary, and one of the leaders of Shays' Rebellion |
| 177 | Daniel Grao | 1976 | Spanish actor |
| 178 | Britt Daniel | 1971 | American musician |
| 179 | Daniel François Malan | 1874 | South African Prime Minister |
| 180 | Daniel Cohn-Bendit | 1945 | German journalist and politician |
| 181 | Daniel Ash | 1957 | British musician |
| 182 | Daniel Faraday | 1977 | Character from the American mystery fiction television series Lost |
| 183 | Daniel Lambert | 1770 | English gaol keeper, animal breeder |
| 184 | Daniel Humm | 1976 | American chef |
| 185 | Daniel Wass | 1989 | Danish footballer |
| 186 | Daniel Pipes | 1949 | U.S. neoconservative columnist, author, counter-terrorism analyst, and scholar of Middle Eastern history |
| 187 | Daniel Budiman | 1983 | German television presenter |
| 188 | Daniel Fells | 1983 | Player of American football |
| 189 | Daniel DeSanto | 1980 | Canadian actor |
| 190 | Daniel D. Tompkins | 1774 | American politician |
| 191 | Daniel Vallverdu | 1986 | Venezuelan tennis player |
| 192 | Daniel LaPlante | ||
| 193 | Daniel Zillmann | 1981 | German actor |
| 194 | Daniel Myrick | 1963 | American film director, screenwriter and film producer |
| 195 | Daniel Ducruet | 1964 | Monegasque noble |
| 196 | Daniel Pelosi | 1963 | American murderer |
| 197 | Daniel Chester French | 1850 | American sculptor |
| 198 | Daniel Teklehaymanot | 1988 | Eritrean racing cyclist |
| 199 | Daniel Fischer | 1976 | German television presenter and radio host |
| 200 | Daniël Arends | 1979 | Dutch cabaret artist |