Daniel

In England before the Norman Conquest, the name was used almost exclusively by ecclesiasts. It began to be used by the ordinary population in the 12th C.

Belgium

Latin: ● 1133 Daniele (abl) CartStBert 13
Middle Dutch: ● 1336 Daneele (dat) RSG1336-39 p. 28, Danele (dat) ibid. p. 24, Daniele (dat) ibid. p. 14; 1371 Daniel (nom) NotComDest III; 1390 Daneel (nom) MPSA p. 21; 1394 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 22; 1395 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 22; 1396 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 22; 1399 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 23; 1402 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 24; 1405 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 24, Daniel (nom) ibid. p. 25; 1406 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 25; 1407 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 25; 1408 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 25; 1409 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 26; 1410 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 26; 1412 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 27; 1413 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 27; 1414 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 28; 1416 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 28; 1418 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 29; 1419 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 29; 1420 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 30; 1422 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 30; 1423 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 31; 1424 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 31; 1426 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 32; 1431 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 33; 1432 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 34; 1436 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 35; 1438 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 36; 1439 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 36; 1441 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 37; 1442 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 37; 1444 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 38; 1445 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 38; 1451 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 40; 1453 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 41; 1456 Daneels (gen) ibid. p. 42; 1457 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 43; 1461 Danneel (nom) ibid. p. 44; 1465 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 45; 1477 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 50; 1478 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 50; 1479 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 51; 1480 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 51; 1484 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 52; 1486 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 53; 1489 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 54; 1492 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 55; 1494 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 56; 1497 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 57; 1499 Daneel (nom) ibid. p. 57
Dutch: ● 1501 Daneel MPSA p. 58; 1504 Daneel ibid. p. 59; 1506 Daneel ibid. p. 60; 1509 Daneel ibid. p. 52 [sic]; 1511 Daneel ibid. p. 53 [sic]; 1512 Daneel ibid. p. 53 [sic]; 1515 Daneel ibid. p. 54 [sic]; 1517 Daneel ibid. p. 55 [sic]; 1546 Daneel ibid. p. 65; 1554 Daneel ibid. p. 69; 1597x1598 Daniel BoonenGes p. 321, Daniels ibid. p. 384

Brabant

Latin: ● 1312 Daniel (nom) JeanIII p. 32, Danielis (gen) ibid. p. 18

Czech Republic

Latin: ● 1356 Daniel (nom) chlumecky 175, p. 28; 1358 Danieli (dat) ibid. 308, p. 34; 1400 Daniel (nom) LDFPUP1 p. 20

England

Latin: ● 745 Daniel (nom) CSM p. 1, Danielis (gen) ibid. p. 1; 1189 Daniel (nom) GASurv p. 132; 1561 Daniel (nom) Reg-KirkElla p. 2; 1580 Danielis (gen) AuFr Keller; 1591 Daniell (nom) RegSoAMar p. 15
Dutch: ● 1570 Daniel AuFr Cox; 1571 Daniel ibid. Wilmoet; 1572 Daniel ibid. Backelers; 1574 Daniel ibid. Sergant; 1575 Daniel ibid. Achter; 1576 Daniel ibid. Bauwens; 1577 Daniel ibid. Schaep; 1578 Daniel ibid. Brouijn; 1579 Daniel ibid. Peene; 1580 Daneel ibid. Bogaerts, Daniel ibid. Hermans; 1581 Daneel ibid. Lammans, Daneile ibid. Stapaert, Daniel ibid. Jansen; 1582 Daneel ibid. Vos, Daniel ibid. Konen; 1583 Daniel ibid. Theeuwes; 1584 Daniel ibid. Lems; 1585 Daniel ibid. Late; 1586 Danels (gen) ibid. Doreijn, Daniel ibid. Burchtgrave; 1587 Daniel ibid. Bellovoijs; 1588 Daniel ibid. Gijselinck; 1589 Daniel ibid. Alensone, Daniels (gen) ibid. Droimaels; 1590 Daniel ibid. Dorijn; 1591 Daniel ibid. Coppereholle; 1592 Daniel ibid. Gast; 1593 Daniel ibid. Achtschellinck; 1594 Daniel ibid. Feijfer; 1595 Daniel ibid. Hasevelde; 1596 Daniel ibid. Baert; 1597 Daniel ibid. Garnoot; 1598 Daniel ibid. Dorijn; 1599 Daniel ibid. Garnoot
Early Modern English: ● 1545 Daniell StAnthonlin p. 5; 1549 Dannell ibid. p. 8; 1553 Daniell ibid. p. 10; 1554 Daniell BarnstapleBap p. 8; 1556 Daniell StAnthonlin p. 11; 1564 Danyell BarnstapleBap p. 13; 1569 Daniell' SurMus II; 1572 Daniell RegBath p. 2, StAnthonlin p. 22; 1574 Daniell RegBath p. 2; 1576 Daniell StAnthonlin p. 25; 1579 Daniell RegSoAMar p. 9; 1583/4 Danyell SurMus p. 21; 1584 Daniell StAnthonlin p. 30, SurMus p. 191, Danyell ibid. p. 192; 1586 Daniell RegSoAMar p. 13; 1588 Daniel StAnthonlin p. 32, Daniell SaxhamSf p. 4; 1589 Daniel DEmar-vol2 p. 19, StAnthonlin p. 33, Daniell RegSoAMar p. 14; 1590 Danyell StAnthonlin p. 34; 1591 Daniel SaxhamSf p. 57, Daniell StAnthonlin p. 34; 1592 Daniell ibid. p. 35; 1593 Daniel DEmar-vol2 p. 27, StAnthonlin p. 36, Daniell ibid. p. 36; 1594 Daniell CAmar-vol1 p. 5, StAnthonlin p. 36; 1596 Daniell ibid. p. 37; 1598 Daniel BUmar-vol9 p. 10; 1599 Daniel DEmar-vol2 p. 40, Daniell StAnthonlin p. 39
Middle French: ● 1568 Daniel WCS p. 39; 1570 Daniel ibid. p. 40; 1573 Daniel ibid. p. 41; 1574 daniel ibid. p. 10; 1575 Daniel ibid. p. 11; 1576 daniel ibid. p. 43; 1579 daniel ibid. p. 44; 1580 daniel ibid. p. 15; 1581 d'aniel ibid. p. 16; 1582 daniel ibid. p. 17; 1583 daniel ibid. p. 103; 1584 d'aniel ibid. p. 18; 1586 Daniel ibid. p. 20; 1587 Daniel ibid. p. 47; 1588 Daniel ibid. p. 22; 1589 Daniel ibid. p. 48; 1590 Daniel ibid. p. 49; 1591 Daniel ibid. p. 23; 1593 Daniel ibid. p. 50; 1594 Daniel ibid. p. 51; 1595 Daniel ibid. p. 91; 1596 Daniel ibid. p. 26; 1597 Daniel ibid. p. 52; 1598 Daniel ibid. p. 52
Walloon: ● 1581 Daniel RWC p. 3; 1581/2 Daniel ibid. p. 4; 1582/3 Daniel ibid. p. 5; 1583 Daniel ibid. p. 437; 1583/4 Daniel ibid. p. 7; 1584 Daniel ibid. p. 8; 1590 Daniel ibid. p. 13; 1590/1 Daniel ibid. p. 15; 1591 Daniel ibid. p. 16; 1591/2 Daniel ibid. p. 20; 1592 Daniel ibid. p. 22; 1592/3 Daniel ibid. p. 26; 1593/4 Daniel ibid. p. 30; 1593 Daniel ibid. p. 564; 1594 Daniel ibid. p. 32

Estonia

Middle Low German: ● 1383 Daneel BbRT p. 337; 1440 Daniel ibid. p. 362, Daniil ibid. p. 362

Finland

Early Modern Swedish: ● 1582 Danila (nom) Audén1980 p. 171

France

Latin: ● c823 Daniel (nom) irminon-vol2 74, Palatiolum; 11thC Daniel (nom) StVdM-II 720, Danihel (nom) ibid. 720; c1030 Daniel (nom) ibid. 714; c1175–1180 Daniel (nom) ChartCaen2 p. 67; 1248 Danieli (dat) hennes-vol1 125; 1292 Danielis (gen) MemBret-I 1102; 1378 Danieli (dat) hanquetvol1 1514, Danielis (gen) ibid. 251; ◑ 1180 Danet (gen) RotScaNor p. 3
Old French: ● 1292 Daniel (obl) HistHdVParis p. 110; 1296 Daniel paris1296 p. 20; 1298 Daniel (obl) HistHdVParis p. 144; 1299 Daniel (obl) ibid. p. 148; 1313 Daniau Paris1313 p. 27, Daniel ibid. p. 56
Middle French: ● 1418 Daniel DdB1418 p. 210, HGParis p. 385, Danyau DdB1418 p. 210, HGParis p. 384; 1421 Daniel favier 93; 1561 Daniel RegPCC-1 p. 4; 1562 Daniel ibid. p. 7; 1563 Daniel ibid. p. 18; 1564 Daniel ibid. p. 44, Danyel ibid. p. 71; 1565 Daniel ibid. p. 111; 1566 Daniel ibid. p. 206; 1567 Daniel ibid. p. 281; 1568 Daniel ibid. p. 368; 1570 Daniel ibid. p. 431; 1571 Daniel ibid. p. 438; 1572 Daniel ibid. p. 492; 1588 Daniel raymond1588 p. 569

Germany

Latin: ● 858 Daniel (nom) OrkGZ no. 48; 1165 Daniel (nom) quix-vol1 93; 1210 Daniel (nom) hennes-vol1 10; 1260 Danielis (gen) ibid. 189; 1394 Danielis (gen) SMM p. 191; 1401 danieli (dat) HD1401 no. 346

Hungary

Latin: ● 1311 Daniele (abl) Slíz p. 89, s.n. Daniel; 1329 Danieli (dat) ibid. p. 89, s.n. Daniel; 1332x1337 Danyel (nom) ibid. p. 89, s.n. Daniel; ◑ 1308 Danka (nom) Slíz p. 89, s.n. Daniel

Ireland

Latin: ● fin12thC Daniel (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 12, Danielis (gen) ibid. III, p. 14

Italy

Latin: ● 1376 Daniel (abl) DouGen1 p. 19, Daniele (abl) ibid. p. 39, Danielem (acc) ibid. p. 214; 1449 Danielis (gen) VitAs2 IX; 1527 Daniele (gen) Rome1527 p. 86

Latvia

Latin: ● 1290 Daniel (nom) RigSB 297; 1292 Daniel (nom) ibid. 300; 1293 Daniel (nom) ibid. 301; 1294 Daniel (nom) ibid. 302; 1315 Daniel (nom) ibid. 316; 1316 Daniel (nom) ibid. 318

Poland

Latin: ● 1250? Danieli (dat) CDT1 XVI

Spain

Latin: ● 896 Daniel (nom) CDCB-XV MMXIX; 1488 Danielis (gen) carbonell-I p. 23; 1490 Daniel (nom) ibid. p. 46, Danielis (gen) ibid. p. 47; 1491 Daniel (nom) ibid. p. 52, Danieli (gen) ibid. p. 59, Danielis (gen) ibid. p. 52
Catalan: ● 1510 Daniel valencia1510 3225

Sweden

Latin: ● 1350 Daniel (nom) SDHK no. 6001, Danieli (dat) ibid. no. 6023, Danielis (gen) ibid. no. 6023

Switzerland

Latin: ● 1360 Danielis (gen) Ob-SPVn (87)
Middle French: ● 1563 Daniel MHCG2 341

Cite as: R. Le Get, M. Slíz, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Daniel". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Daniel.