Dann

Where Dann comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Dann.

Dann through the years
  1. 1937
    First appearance
    #3,800 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1950
    Dann Florek born
    American actor
  3. 1960
    Dann Huff born
    American record producer and songwriter
  4. 1962
    Peak, #1,558
    52 babies named Dann, the most in any year.
  5. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,543.
  6. 2003
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Dann Florek · American actor, born 1950
  • Dann Huff · American record producer and songwriter, born 1960
  • Dann Hume · New Zealand musician, born 1987
  • Dann Thomas · writer, born 1952
  • Dann Cahn · American film editor, 1923–2012

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.