Danel
Origin
Basque
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
“God is my judge (Basque form of Daniel); the Basque spelling of an international classic”
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Danel has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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