Dan Forename
582nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,339,620 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Romania
Dan Forename Definition:
Both a diminutive of Daniel and a m. ‘Christian’ in its own right. In Hebrew, it means a judge. It has no connexion with that odd phrase, apparently first used by Sterne in The Sentimental Journey, 1768: from Dan to Bersheeba, from one end of the land to the other; these two cities being at the extreme north and the extreme south of Canaan.
Read More About This ForenameDan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 561,336 | 1:646 | 122 |
| Nigeria | 94% | 134,668 | 1:1,319 | 236 |
| Canada | 100% | 87,967 | 1:377 | 53 |
| Romania | 100% | 81,175 | 1:247 | 55 |
| Vietnam | 61% | 64,601 | 1:1,434 | 204 |
| Uganda | 100% | 43,876 | 1:933 | 163 |
| England | 97% | 33,113 | 1:1,679 | 309 |
| Philippines | 98% | 23,577 | 1:4,496 | 764 |
| Sweden | 100% | 23,432 | 1:421 | 72 |
| India | 93% | 22,618 | 1:53,713 | 7,131 |
| Niger | 89% | 20,445 | 1:938 | 185 |
| Sudan | 100% | 19,236 | 1:1,965 | 368 |
| Australia | - | 18,162 | 1:752 | 170 |
| Kenya | 100% | 17,527 | 1:2,642 | 475 |
| Ghana | 100% | 16,968 | 1:1,590 | 294 |
| Israel | 99% | 13,332 | 1:630 | 126 |
| Denmark | - | 9,352 | 1:604 | 134 |
| Rwanda | - | 9,185 | 1:1,238 | 264 |
| Cambodia | 78% | 8,721 | 1:1,866 | 396 |
| South Africa | 99% | 7,767 | 1:7,021 | 1,294 |
| Malawi | 100% | 6,832 | 1:2,505 | 471 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 6,469 | 1:4,763 | 757 |
| Japan | 99% | 6,286 | 1:20,360 | 1,719 |
| Congo | 97% | 6,225 | 1:805 | 120 |
| Ivory Coast | 83% | 5,393 | 1:4,279 | 483 |
| New Zealand | - | 5,084 | 1:892 | 210 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,800 | 1:5,676 | 1,044 |
| Russia | 99% | 4,115 | 1:35,051 | 822 |
| China | - | 3,835 | 1:356,208 | 22,459 |
| Norway | 100% | 3,255 | 1:1,577 | 315 |
| France | 100% | 3,171 | 1:20,962 | 939 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,005 | 1:32,466 | 3,763 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,861 | 1:7,270 | 1,162 |
| Thailand | 69% | 2,791 | 1:25,104 | 3,276 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 2,746 | 1:4,206 | 526 |
| Poland | 96% | 2,733 | 1:13,914 | 568 |
| Mexico | 99% | 2,722 | 1:45,608 | 1,809 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2,699 | 1:3,948 | 304 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,584 | 1:37,414 | 1,259 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 2,404 | 1:30,710 | 2,264 |
| Egypt | 59% | 2,082 | 1:44,141 | 2,639 |
| Moldova | 100% | 1,995 | 1:1,785 | 217 |
| Indonesia | 71% | 1,989 | 1:129,695 | 13,822 |
| Spain | 89% | 1,926 | 1:24,159 | 1,330 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,805 | 1:118,690 | 6,240 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,804 | 1:1,044 | 241 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 1,451 | 1:11,649 | 1,330 |
| Zambia | - | 1,306 | 1:12,140 | 1,252 |
| South Korea | 65% | 1,145 | 1:4,842 | 825 |
| Kuwait | - | 1,121 | 1:3,377 | 465 |
| Peru | 100% | 1,071 | 1:29,684 | 1,969 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52% | 1,055 | 1:7,727 | 803 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,008 | 1:158,196 | 9,003 |
| Finland | 100% | 1,001 | 1:5,478 | 605 |
| Malaysia | 67% | 979 | 1:31,103 | 2,852 |
| Wales | 100% | 920 | 1:3,363 | 484 |
| Taiwan | 81% | 753 | 1:31,567 | 5,337 |
| Benin | 100% | 728 | 1:14,527 | 1,727 |
| Morocco | - | 710 | 1:48,378 | 2,054 |
| Scotland | 99% | 686 | 1:7,799 | 610 |
| Switzerland | 98% | 680 | 1:12,079 | 1,085 |
| Togo | - | 659 | 1:10,985 | 1,550 |
| Italy | 89% | 627 | 1:97,388 | 1,883 |
| Mali | 100% | 608 | 1:27,924 | 1,823 |
| Kazakhstan | 96% | 605 | 1:29,334 | 1,531 |
| Ireland | 100% | 592 | 1:7,844 | 632 |
| Fiji | - | 575 | 1:1,552 | 418 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 510 | 1:103,507 | 5,684 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 470 | 1:32,817 | 3,209 |
| Guinea | 100% | 448 | 1:26,470 | 1,182 |
| Singapore | 53% | 448 | 1:14,034 | 3,100 |
| Chile | 96% | 401 | 1:43,908 | 1,668 |
| Pakistan | 71% | 391 | 1:497,078 | 11,523 |
| Swaziland | - | 384 | 1:3,386 | 687 |
| Belarus | 99% | 381 | 1:24,888 | 398 |
| Venezuela | 99% | 379 | 1:79,688 | 3,913 |
| Iraq | 100% | 372 | 1:94,134 | 2,373 |
| Portugal | - | 369 | 1:28,214 | 1,185 |
| Qatar | 97% | 348 | 1:6,809 | 1,095 |
| Belgium | 96% | 313 | 1:36,709 | 2,103 |
| Hong Kong | - | 309 | 1:25,090 | 2,190 |
| Bahrain | - | 266 | 1:5,070 | 791 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 252 | 1:122,168 | 3,329 |
| Austria | 100% | 250 | 1:34,057 | 1,223 |
| Argentina | 96% | 240 | 1:178,222 | 2,359 |
| Estonia | 95% | 225 | 1:5,846 | 832 |
| Ukraine | 96% | 219 | 1:207,762 | 1,327 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 216 | 1:48,293 | 3,270 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 203 | 1:12,112 | 1,002 |
| Northern Ireland | 97% | 197 | 1:9,356 | 738 |
| Guam | - | 181 | 1:888 | 190 |
| Burkina Faso | 79% | 171 | 1:107,482 | 5,750 |
| Somalia | - | 160 | 1:84,537 | 3,429 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 152 | 1:55,098 | 2,255 |
| Tonga | - | 151 | 1:711 | 162 |
| Ecuador | - | 150 | 1:118,179 | 2,649 |
| Botswana | 100% | 148 | 1:14,760 | 1,918 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 143 | 1:112,646 | 2,335 |
| Afghanistan | 58% | 134 | 1:243,459 | 5,741 |
| Panama | 100% | 132 | 1:29,595 | 2,488 |
| Liberia | 88% | 127 | 1:34,741 | 2,041 |
| Guernsey | - | 125 | 1:507 | 129 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 124 | 1:85,495 | 2,410 |
| Haiti | 100% | 115 | 1:93,278 | 5,411 |
| Suriname | 100% | 115 | 1:4,807 | 1,027 |
| Colombia | 84% | 111 | 1:430,441 | 7,138 |
| Transnistria | 94% | 110 | 1:4,324 | 213 |
| Albania | 99% | 105 | 1:29,015 | 3,252 |
| Oman | - | 105 | 1:39,130 | 2,332 |
| Kosovo | - | 95 | 1:19,594 | 2,248 |
| Latvia | - | 95 | 1:21,217 | 938 |
| Djibouti | - | 87 | 1:10,525 | 817 |
| Costa Rica | 96% | 86 | 1:55,441 | 2,334 |
| Malta | - | 80 | 1:5,367 | 705 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 78 | 1:630 | 137 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 77 | 1:1,204 | 292 |
| Cameroon | 74% | 71 | 1:304,373 | 11,404 |
| Croatia | 100% | 71 | 1:59,395 | 1,883 |
| Iran | 100% | 70 | 1:1,121,384 | 9,081 |
| Honduras | 100% | 67 | 1:131,604 | 3,761 |
| Jamaica | - | 66 | 1:43,685 | 2,602 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 60 | 1:21,630 | 1,994 |
| Bhutan | 55% | 56 | 1:14,731 | 786 |
| Hungary | 100% | 56 | 1:174,853 | 975 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 45 | 1:133,741 | 4,096 |
| Greenland | - | 44 | 1:1,281 | 267 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 44 | 1:30,941 | 3,244 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 43 | 1:166,325 | 11,451 |
| Lebanon | 74% | 42 | 1:133,990 | 3,633 |
| Nepal | - | 41 | 1:694,813 | 17,575 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 39 | 1:6,927 | 846 |
| Senegal | 59% | 39 | 1:373,881 | 5,617 |
| Bahamas | - | 38 | 1:10,510 | 1,162 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 37 | 1:188,929 | 4,886 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 37 | 1:92,639 | 2,495 |
| Angola | - | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| Madagascar | - | 36 | 1:656,372 | 1,939 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 35 | 1:16,599 | 1,426 |
| French Polynesia | - | 32 | 1:8,684 | 1,174 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 30 | 1:241,227 | 3,553 |
| American Samoa | - | 29 | 1:1,926 | 312 |
| El Salvador | - | 29 | 1:218,682 | 2,993 |
| Jersey | - | 29 | 1:3,448 | 479 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 28 | 1:1,830 | 284 |
| Bermuda | - | 26 | 1:2,493 | 518 |
| Mongolia | - | 25 | 1:117,393 | 7,151 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 25 | 1:4,390 | 749 |
| Lithuania | - | 24 | 1:122,995 | 1,615 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 23 | 1:2,665 | 568 |
| Gibraltar | - | 23 | 1:1,484 | 297 |
| Luxembourg | - | 21 | 1:26,859 | 1,421 |
| Guyana | 100% | 20 | 1:38,163 | 3,889 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 20 | 1:5,579 | 946 |
| Iceland | - | 19 | 1:19,264 | 1,346 |
| Greece | - | 18 | 1:607,475 | 7,461 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 18 | 1:295,004 | 1,634 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 17 | 1:3,216 | 586 |
| Burundi | 100% | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Barbados | - | 15 | 1:19,319 | 1,454 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 15 | 1:58,072 | 2,208 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 88% | 15 | 1:398,218 | 13,816 |
| Turkey | 100% | 15 | 1:5,186,781 | 23,029 |
| Belize | 100% | 13 | 1:27,255 | 2,702 |
| Macau | - | 13 | 1:46,785 | 540 |
| Armenia | 100% | 12 | 1:243,229 | 3,990 |
| Grenada | 88% | 12 | 1:9,010 | 1,199 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 12 | 1:14,818 | 1,739 |
| Brunei | - | 11 | 1:38,143 | 1,259 |
| Myanmar | - | 11 | 1:4,722,570 | 1,407 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Eritrea | - | 9 | 1:528,109 | 348 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Monaco | 100% | 9 | 1:4,274 | 738 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 9 | 1:394,478 | 3,471 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Georgia | 100% | 8 | 1:467,308 | 8,891 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 8 | 1:261,345 | 7,184 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,377,563 | 17,419 |
| Laos | - | 7 | 1:940,979 | 889 |
| Namibia | - | 7 | 1:343,454 | 5,692 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 6 | 1:88,192 | 3,143 |
| Cuba | - | 6 | 1:1,917,759 | 4,898 |
| Tunisia | - | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 5 | 1:407,999 | 22,262 |
| Micronesia | - | 5 | 1:21,300 | 626 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 4 | 1:7,812 | 1,520 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 4 | 1:432,054 | 199 |
| Jordan | 93% | 4 | 1:2,206,694 | 7,695 |
| Maldives | - | 4 | 1:108,476 | 2,638 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 4 | 1:1,023,810 | 14,082 |
| Tuvalu | - | 4 | 1:2,783 | 28 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
The alternate forms: Dán (4) & Dân (1) are calculated separately.
Dan (1,384,475) may also be a surname.
Dan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Both a diminutive of Daniel and a m. ‘Christian’ in its own right. In Hebrew, it means a judge. It has no connexion with that odd phrase, apparently first used by Sterne in The Sentimental Journey, 1768: from Dan to Bersheeba, from one end of the land to the other; these two cities being at the extreme north and the extreme south of Canaan. (Harvey.) Nor is it to be confused with the dan of Dan Chaucer, this dan equalling the Spanish dom, from Latin dominus, a master.—See also Daniel.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Dan, judgment, he that judges. 1. The fifth son of Jacob. Gen. xxx. 6. 2. A city called after Dan, situated at the foot of Mount Libanus. 1 Kings xii. 29.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: judging: a judge.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Judge. (Teutonic) Master. Some authorities give this as a diminutive of Daniel.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Dan Forename Popularity
Dan Demographics
Dan Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 97,213 (2014)
United States
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Phonetically Similar Names
Dan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dan in the Russian language | ||
| Дан | dan | - |
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