Dane



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

Meanings

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.

Famous People: 148 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
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