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Meaning & Origins
In modern use this is taken as a short form of Daniel, although increasingly used in its own right, but it is also an independent biblical name, meaning ‘he judged’ in Hebrew, borne by one of Jacob's twelve sons (Genesis 30:6).
| 290th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Italian: from a derivative of salare ‘to salt’ (from Latin salire), perhaps applied as a topographic name for someone living by brackish, salty water or a nickname or metonymic occupational name.
| 22,849th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Dawn, Dana, Danny, Dane, Dani, Dayna, Danna, Dannie, Dawna, Danie
Salazar, Salas, Sala, Salamone, Salamanca, Salamon, Saladino, Salaam, Salah, Salama
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