Daniele

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Daniele is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name325K records spelled Daniele21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Italy, Australia

  Languages: English, Western Frisian

  Also written Danièle, Daniële, Danie'Le, Daniéle, Daniel-E

• Italian given name159K records spelled Daniele21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Spain

  Also written Danièle, Danìele, Dànìèlè, Danielé, Däniele

• a separate given name9.3K records spelled Daniele6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, United Kingdom, Switzerland

  Also written Danièle, Danielé, Daniéle, Danielė, Danielè

• Polish given name8.2K records spelled Daniele43 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, Poland, Czechia, Croatia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Даниэле, Даниеле, Даніеле, Danièle, Danielė

• Hebrew given name8.1K records spelled Daniele39 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, United States, Italy, Argentina

  Languages: Hebrew, Arabic, Amharic

  Also written דניאל, דני, Daniel, דאניאל, דניאיל

• Chinese given name5.8K records spelled Daniele4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, Switzerland, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Daniëlle, Danièlle, Daniélle

66 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Daniele is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Variante de Daniel, du hébreu Daniyyel « Dieu est mon juge »; fêté le 11 décembre.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In Italian, Dal nome ebraico Daniyyel, 'Dio è il mio giudice'.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, forma italiana de Danielis

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In French, Female form of Daniel, from Hebrew Daniyyel.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• Dio è il mio giudice

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 69 years between 1952–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Daniele da Volterrab. 1509ITItalian painter (1509-1566)
• Danièle Delormeb. 1926FRFrench actress and producer (1926–2015)
• Daniele Luchettib. 1960ITItalian actor and director
• Daniele Gattib. 1961ITItalian conductor
• Daniele Massarob. 1961ITItalian association football player
• Daniele Ciprìb. 1962ITItalian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor
• Daveed Diggsb. 1982USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor and rapper
• Daniele De Rossib. 1983ITItalian association football player
• Daniele Ruganib. 1994ITItalian association football player
• Benjamin Ingrossob. 1997SEnot in their usual nameSwedish singer and songwriter

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 689 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Daniele?

We estimate roughly 238 thousand people bear Daniele (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Daniele have the most bearers?

We estimate about 231 thousand people bear Daniele in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled daniele.

Where is Daniele most common?

Daniele is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 918 people carrying it.

How common is Daniele compared with other names?

In Brazil, Daniele is the 157th most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Daniele a male or female name?

Daniele is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Daniele mean?

Recorded meaning: French feminine form of Daniel, from Hebrew Daniyyel, meaning "God is judge".