Daniel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Jewish, French, German, Scandinavian, polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Biblcal Pronounced: (Dan-yul) in English (dan-YEL) In French
From the hebrew name Daniyel meaning "God is my Judge".
Daniel was a Hebrew Prophet whose story is told in the book of Daniel in the Bible.(old testiment) He lived during the Jewish captivity in Babylon, where he served in the court of the king, rising prominence by interperting the kings dreams. The books also presents Daniel's four visions of the end of the world.
Famous bearers of this name include:
>>English Author Daniel Defoe
>>Swiss Mathmatition Daniel Bernoulli
>>American Frontiersman Daniel Boone
>>Actor Daniel Radcliffe