Dani

Where Dani comes from

The dictionaries list Dani as a given name — a diminutive of the female given name Danielle and of its variant forms — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1942
    First appearance
    #4,622 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1957
    Dani Rodrik born
    Turkish economist and publicist
  3. 1992
    Dani Carvajal born
    Spanish footballer
  4. 2022
    Peak, #674
    432 babies named Dani — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Danielle and of its variant forms.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Daniel; a rare spelling variant of Danny.
Namesakes
  • Dani Rodrik · Turkish economist and publicist, born 1957
  • Dani Carvajal · Spanish footballer, born 1992
  • Dani Olmo · Spanish footballer, born 1998
  • Dani Ceballos · Spanish association football player, born 1996
  • Dani Parejo · Spanish association football player, born 1989

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.