Danae

Where Danae comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Danae.

  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Danae through the years
  1. 1947
    First appearance
    #5,295 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1964
    Danae Stratou born
    Greek university teacher and visual artist
  3. 1970
    Danae Elon born
    American filmmaker
  4. 1991
    Peak, #913
    211 babies named Danae, its best rank.
  5. 2012
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,983.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Danae Stratou · Greek university teacher and visual artist, born 1964
  • Danae Elon · American filmmaker, born 1970
  • Danae Boronat · Spanish journalist, born 1985

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.