Daniel

Origine et signification de Daniel

Daniel comes from the Hebrew Daniyyel, 'God is my judge' — expressing faith in a higher justice. The name recalls the prophet Daniel, famous for emerging unharmed from the lions' den through his faith. One of the most widespread boys' names in the world, it is beloved across the English-speaking countries, Germany, Spain and France, as well as Eastern Europe. The Italian form is Daniele. It conveys rectitude, wisdom and inner steadiness.

Variantes dans le monde

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Personnalités célèbres

• Daniel Defoe— écrivain
• Daniel Bernoulli— mathématicien