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Dane name meaning

First Name
32k
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
3k
in the U.S.
in 2010
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What does the name Dane mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Dane

User Submitted Origins

Danish
50%
English
44%
Scandinavian
6%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. A user from Turkey says the name Dane means "The name's hebrew meaning would be God will judge, and English origin meaning is From Denmark or Valley".
  2. A submission from Canada says the name Dane means "From Denmark, or God is my judge" and is of Scandinavian origin.
  3. 2 submissions from the United States and South Africa agree the name Dane means "God will judge" and is of Scandinavian origin.
  4. According to a user from Oregon, U.S., the name Dane is of African American origin and means "Gift of god".
  5. A submission from Netherlands says the name Dane means "Valley, Dweller in the valley" and is of Scandinavian origin.
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Dane
A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark.

Etymology: LL. Dani: cf. AS. Dene

Other Dictionary Sources
  1. A native or inhabitant of Denmark
Wiktionary

From Middle English Dane, from Old Norse Danir. Displaced native Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.

  1. A surname​ for someone who came from Denmark, also a variant of Dean.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, or from the ethnic term Dane (like Scott or Norman).
  3. A person from Denmark or of Danish descent.
  4. (historical) A member of the Danes, a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden.

Dane was also found in the following language(s): Czech and Middle English

Notable Persons Named Dane

Notable Persons Named Dane

Dane DeHaan

Dane DeHaan is an actor and model. His most notable accomplishments were from 2008 to present. Dane was given the name Dane William DeHaan on February 6th, 1986 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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Dane Cook

Dane Cook is an observational comedy and black comedy comedian. Dane was given the name Dane Jeffrey Cook on March 18th, 1972 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.

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Dane Witherspoon

Dane was born on December 27th, 1957. He passed away on March 29th, 2014.

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Dane Whitman

Dane Whitman is a comics character.

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Dane Bowers

Dane Bowers is a contemporary r&b, pop music, and uk garage singing, songwriter, disc jockey, and record producer. He plays Phonograph, Sampler (musical instrument), Drum machine, and Vocals. His most notable accomplishments were from 1997 to present. Dane was given the name Dane Leon Bowers on November 28th, 1979 in Sutton, London, England.

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Dane Swan

Dane Swan is an australian rules football player.

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    Football Player
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    Football Player
  • Dane Milovanović
    Soccer Player
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    Soccer Player
  • Dane Rumble
    Musician
  • Dane Chisholm
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    Baseball Player

Notable Persons With the Last Name Dane

Notable Persons With the Last Name Dane

Eric Dane

Eric Dane is an actor. He has been prominent since 1991. Eric was born on November 9th, 1972 in San Francisco.

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Lorna Sally Dane

Lorna Sally Dane is a comics character.

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Jax Dane

Jax was born on March 10th, 1981 in Bakewell, Tennessee.

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Warrel Dane

Warrel Dane is a heavy metal music, power metal, progressive metal, and thrash metal musician. He was most prominent from 1983 to 1983. Warrel was given the name Warrel G. Baker on March 7th, 1961. Warrel is also known as Warrel Dane.

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Dana Dane

Dana Dane is a hip hop music musician. He plays Rapping. He was most prominent from 1985 to present. Dana was given the name Dana McLeese in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

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Lawrence Dane

Lawrence Dane is an actor. His most notable accomplishments were from 1959 to present. Lawrence was born on April 3rd, 1937 in Masson-Angers. Lawrence is also known as Larry Zahab.

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Dane U.S.
  White 87.91% 64.26%
  African American 2.90% 11.96%
  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 4.28% 4.85%
  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.36% 0.69%
  Two or More Ethnicities 1.65% 1.76%
  Hispanic or Latino 2.90% 16.26%

Of Last Name Dane

People with the last name Dane are most frequently White

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Fun Facts about the name Dane

  • How Popular is the name Dane? Dane is the 1,357th most popular name of all time. As a last name Dane was the 10,555th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Dane have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 32,298 babies born with the first name Dane in the United States. That's more than enough people named Dane to occupy the territory of Gibraltar (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 29,441 (as of July 1, 2010).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Dane? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1898 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
  • When was Dane first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Dane is Wednesday, September 8th, 1830.
  • What year had the most people named Dane born? The highest recorded use of the first name Dane was in 1986 with a total of 1,069 babies. That's a lot of babies named Dane!
  • Random Dane Factoid: According to the 1988 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Dane ranks 72nd in popularity as a baby boy's name in Hawaii. Imagine that, 20 babies in Hawaii have the same name in 1988.
  • Weird things about the name Dane: The name spelled backwards is Enad. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Dena. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Dane? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 3,036 people with the last name Dane.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Dane? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 1 of them will have Dane as their last name.
  • Dane name meaning

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