Daniell
Feminine · “God is my judge”
Daniell is given to both — 2,047 girls and 836 boys since 1880. See Daniell as a boy nameSee other names given to both
The Book of Daniel is set in the sixth century BC and was written in the second. Its Aramaic, its Persian loanwords and its historical mistakes about Babylon all point one way, and its account of the years around 165 BC is suspiciously precise. It is a book about the present wearing the costume of the past.
How old is the name Daniell?
Daniell first appears in US birth records in 1965 — 60 years ago. The typical Daniell alive today was born around 1985, making them about 40 years old. About 2,000 people named Daniell are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Daniell most popular?
Daniell peaked in 1984, reaching #1216 nationally. See the whole 1984 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Daniyyel to Daniell
The story of Daniell
The dating argument is old and settled among scholars, and it does not diminish the book. Written during a persecution under a Seleucid king who had outlawed Jewish practice, it tells stories about earlier Jews who refused to comply under earlier kings and survived — the furnace, the lions' den — and then describes the current crisis in visionary language. That is a recognizable genre and it was written to be read by people who understood the code. As a modern name, the practical problem is smaller and immediate: one letter separates this spelling from the French feminine, and forms will get it wrong.
Meaning
God is my judge
Hebrew Daniyyel: din, to judge, with el, God. The doubled l at the end of this spelling is American; the French feminine Danielle has the same doubled l plus an e, which is why the two are constantly confused on paper.
How the name formed
- Daniyyel
- Daniel
- Daniell
Related forms: Daniel · Daniyyel
Pronouncing Daniell
DAN-yul
Two or three syllables depending on care, stress on the first. Daniel and Daniell are said identically; Danielle, with the extra e, is said dan-YELL and is a different name.
Nicknames for Daniell
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1965
- Most girls named
- 1984107 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1216reached in 1984
- Change vs 2012
- 0.0%5 in 2014, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Daniell in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Daniel in French — same name
- Daniyyel in Hebrew — same name
Daniells among us
people named Daniell are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Daniell sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- A settled Hebrew meaning that is a complete sentence.
- Three short forms, one of which serves either child.
- Continuous use for more than two thousand years.
- Daniel is the standard spelling and the extra l will be dropped constantly.
- It is one letter from the French feminine, which guarantees confusion on paperwork.
- The very few girls given this spelling will be read as boys, and the reverse will happen too.
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Frequently asked
- How many Daniells are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,000 people named Daniell are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Daniell in 2025?
- Daniell is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Daniell with classmates?
- Daniell will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with D, all years combined.
Dorothy#421 · Donna#1962 · Deborah#862 · Debra#4460 · Diane#2607 · Doris#2895 · Denise#1673 · Danielle#549
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