Gender:
Origin:
English
148 famous people named Dane found on Wikipedia.
31654 male, 376 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
756-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
220-th in year 1986
Used in: English
Dane is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
Alexandra Dane (born 1946), South African actress
Barbara Dane (born 1927), American singer
Claire Danes (born 1979), American film, television, and theater actress
Dana Dane, American hip-hop artist
Eric Dane (born 1972), American actor
Francis Dane (1615-1697), minister in colonial Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials
Jordan Dane (born 1953), American novelist
Joseph Dane (1778-1858), American congressman from Maine
Karl Dane (1886-1934), Danish-American silent film actor
Lloyd Dane (1925-2015), American race car driver
Maxwell Dane (1906-2004), American advertising executive
Nathan Dane (1752–1835), American lawyer and statesman representing Massachusetts in the Continental Congress from 1785 to 1787
Patricia Dane (1919-1995), American film actress
Warrel Dane (born 1969), American singer
Given name:
Dane Bowers (born 1979), British singer and member of 5th Story, formerly of Another Level
Dane Chisholm (born 1990), Australian Rugby League player
Dane Cook (born 1972), American stand-up comic and actor
Dane Dastillung (1897–1982), American football player
Dane De La Rosa, American professional baseball player
Dane DeHaan (born 1986), American actor
Fictional characters:
Dane (Wildstorm), a fictional character from WildStorm Productions, now owned by DC Comics
The Dane, a term for Prince Hamlet of Denmark, a character in Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet
Saint Dane, a character in the Pendragon series
Dane O'Neill, a character in Colleen McCulloch's book The Thorn Birds
Dane Anderson, a character in the Walking Dead series
"native of Denmark," from Danish Daner (replacing Old English Dene (plural)); used in Old English of Northmen generally. Perhaps ultimately from a source related to Old High German tanar "sand bank," in reference to their homeland; or from Proto-Germanic *den- "low ground," for the same reason. Applied 1774 to a breed of large dogs. Danegeld not known by that name in Old English, or until 1086, long after the end of the Viking depredations. Supposedly originally a tax to pay for protection from the Northmen (either to outfit defensive armies or to buy peace). Danelaw (c.1050) was the Danish law in force over that large part of England under Viking rule after c.878; the application to the land itself is modern (1837).
Means: person from Denmark. Transferred use of an Anglo-Saxon surname originating as a topographical name from denu, means: valley; a person who dwelled in a valley.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Dane DeHaan | 1986 | Actor |
2 | Eric Dane | 1972 | American actor |
3 | Dane Cook | 1972 | American actor and comedian |
4 | Dane Witherspoon | 1957 | American actor |
5 | Dane Bowers | 1979 | British rapper |
6 | Frank Kjærby Jensen | 1981 | Dutch radio presenter |
7 | Jax Dane | 1988 | American amateur wrestler and professional wrestler |
8 | Dane Swan | 1984 | Australian rules football player for Collingwood |
9 | Dane Gagai | 1991 | Indigenous Australian rugby league player |
10 | Ogier the Dane | Fictional character | |
11 | Dane Coles | 1986 | New Zealand rugby union player |
12 | Dane Clark | 1912 | American film actor |
13 | Dane Cross | 1983 | American pornographic actor |
14 | Dana Dane | 1965 | American rapper |
15 | Daneboe | 1979 | American actor |
16 | Dane Sanzenbacher | 1988 | American football player |
17 | Warrel Dane | 1969 | American musician |
18 | Dane Fife | 1979 | American basketball coach |
19 | Dane Fletcher | 1986 | American football player |
20 | Dane Reynolds | 1985 | American surfer |
21 | Dane Baptiste | ||
22 | Dane Haylett-Petty | 1989 | Australian rugby union player |
23 | Hugh Dane | American actor | |
24 | Dane Vilas | 1985 | South African cricketer |
25 | Dane Richards | 1983 | Footballer |
26 | Dane van Niekerk | 1993 | Cricketer |
27 | Lawrence Dane | 1937 | Canadian actor |
28 | Dane Piedt | 1990 | South African cricketer |
29 | Dane Rudhyar | 1895 | French astrologer |
30 | Dane Nielsen | 1985 | Australian rugby league player |
31 | Barbara Dane | 1927 | American singer |
32 | Karl Dane | 1886 | Actor, comedian |
33 | Dane Milovanović | 1989 | Footballer |
34 | Dane Rampe | 1990 | Australian rules footballer |
35 | Alexandra Dane | British actress | |
36 | Dane Ingham | 1999 | |
37 | Dane Chisholm | 1990 | Australian rugby league player |
38 | Patricia Dane | 1919 | Actress |
39 | Marco Dane | ||
40 | Clemence Dane | 1888 | English novelist |
41 | Dane Iorg | 1950 | American baseball player |
42 | Faith Dane | 1923 | American actor, musician and artist |
43 | Dane Bird-Smith | 1992 | Australian athletics competitor |
44 | Dane Rumble | 1982 | New Zealand singer-songwriter |
45 | Dane Tilse | 1985 | Australian rugby league player |
46 | Dane Fox | 1993 | Canadian ice hockey player |
47 | Dane Evans | 1993 | |
48 | Dane Looker | 1976 | American football player |
49 | Maxwell Dane | 1906 | American businessman |
50 | Dane Kelly | 1991 | Footballer |
51 | Dane Davis | Sound Editor | |
52 | Dane Johnson | 1963 | American baseball player |
53 | Bernard the Dane | 0880 | Viking jarl |
54 | Dane Whitehouse | 1970 | English footballer |
55 | Dane De La Rosa | 1983 | American baseball player |
56 | Dane Searls | 1988 | Australian BMX driver |
57 | Nathan Dane | 1752 | American politician |
58 | Dane Byers | 1986 | Canadian ice hockey players |
59 | Dane Carlaw | 1980 | Australian rugby league player |
60 | Dane Eagle | 1983 | Florida State Representative |
61 | Deliverance (Hazeltine) Dane | ||
62 | Dane Cameron | 1988 | American racing driver |
63 | Dane Lanken | 1945 | Canadian journalist |
64 | Dane Zajc | 1929 | Slovenian writer, poet |
65 | Dane Jackson | 1970 | Canadian ice hockey player |
66 | Dane Rauschenberg | 1976 | Long-distance runner |
67 | Dane Sorensen | 1955 | New Zealand rugby league player |
68 | Dane Suttle | 1961 | American basketball player |
69 | Dane Dunning | ||
70 | Nikki Dane | 1974 | Danish pornographic actress |
71 | Dane Paterson | 1989 | South African cricketer |
72 | Lloyd Dane | 1925 | American racing driver |
73 | Francis Dane | 1615 | American colonial priest |
74 | Dane A. Miller | 1946 | American businessman |
75 | Dane Sardinha | 1979 | American baseball player |
76 | Dane Massey | 1988 | |
77 | Dane Pereira | 1985 | Indian footballer |
78 | Dane Propoggia | 1990 | Australian tennis player |
79 | Dane O'Hara | New Zealand rugby league player | |
80 | Jordan Dane | 1953 | American writer |
81 | Dane Krager | 1979 | American football player |
82 | Dane Tudor | 1989 | Skier |
83 | Frank Dane | British actor of the silent era | |
84 | Cornelius Dane | 1956 | German actor |
85 | Dane Watts | 1986 | American basketball player |
86 | Dane Damron | American football player and coach | |
87 | Dane Hyatt | 1984 | Jamaican sprinter |
88 | Joseph Dane | 1778 | American politician |
89 | Dane Korica | 1945 | Olympic athlete |
90 | Dane | Comic character | |
91 | Dane Kuprešanin | 1966 | Bosnian footballer |
92 | Dane van der Westhuizen | 1992 | South African rugby player |
93 | Dane Murphy | 1986 | American association football player |
94 | Dane Elkins | 1999 | Racquetball player |
95 | Dane Hogan | 1989 | Australian rugby league player |
96 | Dane Manning | 1989 | English rugby league player |
97 | Dane Šijan | 1977 | Handball player |
98 | Bill Dane | 1938 | American photographer |
99 | Dane Dorahy | 1977 | Australian rugby league player |
100 | Dane Dobbie | 1986 | Canadian lacrosse player |
101 | Dane Anderson | 1984 | Cricketer |
102 | Dane Chalfin | 1980 | British vocal coach |
103 | Dane Lovett | 1984 | Australian artist |
104 | Dane Spencer | 1977 | American alpine skier |
105 | Dane Allan Smith | ||
106 | Dane Sampson | 1986 | Sports shooter |
107 | Louis Dane | 1856 | British colonial administrator |
108 | Dane Stojanović | Serbian rebel | |
109 | Dane Campbell | 1984 | Australian rugby league player |
110 | Dane Lussier | 1909 | |
111 | Dane Brookes | 1984 | British actor and writer |
112 | Dane Chanase | 1894 | American artist |
113 | Dane Škerl | 1931 | Slovene composer and conductor (1931-2002) |
114 | Dane Dastillung | 1897 | |
115 | Dane Sharp | Lives Tambourine Mountain Qld | |
116 | Dane Smith | 1989 | |
117 | Ankit Dane | 1990 | Indian cricketer |
118 | Dane Weston | 1973 | Leeward Islands and United States Virgin Islands cricketer |
119 | Dane Saintus | 1987 | American soccer player |
120 | Dane Morgan | 1979 | Australian rugby league player |
121 | Dane Cleaver | 1992 | New Zealand first-class cricketer |
122 | Gerhard Dane | 1942 | German priest |
123 | Dane Beesley | 1978 | Australian photographer |
124 | David Dane | 1923 | |
125 | Sandy Dane | 1986 | Dutch singer-songwriter |
126 | Dane Randolph | 1986 | Player of American football |
127 | Dane Hutchinson | 1986 | New Zealander cricketer |
128 | Dane Currency | 1995 | |
129 | Dane Prugh | 1918 | American psychiatrist |
130 | Dane Hussey | 1949 | American weightlifter |
131 | Richard Dane | 1852 | Irish Unionist politician and judge |
132 | Dane McDonald | 1987 | Australian rugby league player |
133 | Dane Trbović | 1986 | Serbian association footballer |
134 | Dane Boswell | 1984 | New Zealand rower |
135 | John Dane | 1810 | Australian politician |
136 | Dane Carıllı | 1926 | |
137 | Dane Cobain | ||
138 | Peter Dane | 1918 | American actor |
139 | Dane Dukić | 1981 | |
140 | Chris Dane | 1920 | |
141 | Dane Melavc | 1932 | |
142 | Dane Debič | 1927 | |
143 | Dane Forrest | Musician | |
144 | Dane Ćuić | 1922 | |
145 | Jacob Dane | 1638 | |
146 | Ulla Dane | 1926 | Swedish actress |
147 | Dane Milano | 1963 | |
148 | Dane DiLiegro | 1988 | American basketball player |