Meaning of the nameDaniel

Daniel is a male name of Hebrew origin, from Daniyyel, which Behind the Name translates as 'God is my judge'; it is the name of the Old Testament prophet.

Meaning

“God is my judge”

Source: Behind the Name: Daniel · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Daniel

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People (2022): 770,743
Rank in Brazil: #17
Median age: 25 years
2010 Census: 711,338; people

Daniel in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Daniel, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (168,522 people).

4,891 women 765,852 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Daniel is most common

States with the highest share of people named Daniel in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Distrito Federal 0.506%
Rio de Janeiro 0.455%
Espírito Santo 0.430%
Roraima 0.423%
Goiás 0.419%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	176,714	0.398%
Minas Gerais	84,509	0.411%
Rio de Janeiro	73,020	0.455%
Bahia	51,593	0.365%
Rio Grande do Sul	42,096	0.387%
Paraná	39,926	0.349%
Pará	29,851	0.368%
Pernambuco	29,598	0.327%
Goiás	29,567	0.419%
Santa Catarina	29,379	0.386%
Ceará	25,527	0.290%
Maranhão	21,266	0.314%
Espírito Santo	16,487	0.430%
Amazonas	16,424	0.417%
Distrito Federal	14,254	0.506%
Paraíba	13,303	0.335%
Mato Grosso	12,557	0.343%
Mato Grosso do Sul	9,857	0.358%
Alagoas	9,835	0.315%
Rio Grande do Norte	9,798	0.297%
Piauí	9,478	0.290%
Sergipe	6,116	0.277%
Tocantins	5,901	0.390%
Rondônia	5,498	0.348%
Acre	2,779	0.335%
Amapá	2,717	0.370%
Roraima	2,693	0.423%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Daniel

Wiktionary derives Daniel from Old Galician-Portuguese Daniel and from Latin Daniēl, which goes back to Greek Δανιήλ and Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל; Danilo is a divergent form of the same origin. Behind the Name gives the meaning 'God is my judge', from din ('to judge') and el ('God'), and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil translates it as 'God judged'. It is the name of the prophet Daniel, of the biblical book that bears his name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 770,743 people named Daniel, the largest group born in the 2000s.

Sources

Wiktionary: Daniel · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Daniel · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Daniel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning

Questions about the name Daniel

What does the name Daniel mean?

Daniel means “God is my judge”, according to Behind the Name and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Daniel in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 770,743 people with the first name Daniel, which ranks it number 17 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Daniel a boy's or a girl's name?

Daniel is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 4,891 women and 765,852 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Daniel?

Daniel is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Daniel most common?

Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.506% of the state's population is named Daniel (14,254 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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