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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 |
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from the personal name Will, a very common medieval short form of William.
| 8th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Dawn, Dana, Danny, Dane, Dani, Dayna, Danna, Dannie, Dawna, Danie
Wilsey, Wilshire, Wilshusen, Wilsher, Wils, Wilsford, Wilske, Walson, Wilsie, Wilsman
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