Boy · Slavic (probable)
Dan
Say it: DAHN
Meaning
In Romania the name goes back to the 14th-century prince Dan I; its origin is uncertain, possibly a Slavic short form with dan 'given'.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
A Wallachian princely name that became common in 20th-century Romania.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1950s
In the United States
- 106,671 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1958, about 1 in 574 boys
- 90 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Dan I, prince of Wallachia
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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