Danny

Where Danny comes from

From Dan (“diminutive of Daniel and Danielle”) + -y, from Hebrew דן.
— Wiktionary's entry for Danny
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1900
    First appearance
    #1,050 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1950
    Peak, #39
    8,143 babies named Danny — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1956
    Danny Boyle born
    English filmmaker
  4. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #72.
  5. 1990
    Danny Welbeck born
    English association football player
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name
  • A diminutive of the male given name Daniel.
  • A diminutive of the female given names Danielle, Daniella, and Daniela.
Namesakes
  • Danny Boyle · English filmmaker, born 1956
  • Danny Welbeck · English association football player, born 1990
  • Danny Glover · American actor, born 1946
  • Danny Rose · English footballer, born 1990
  • Danny Aiello · American actor, 1933–2019

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.