English Dictionary

Daniel

/ˈdænjəl/

name

A book in the Old Testament of the Bible. / (biblical) The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel. / A male given name from Hebrew in regular use since the Middle Ages.

Daniel is a character in the Old Testament of the Bible.

意味（1）

A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.

意味（2）

(biblical) The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.

Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the denne of Lions: now the king spake and saide vnto Daniel; Thy God, whom thou seruest continually, he will deliuer thee.

意味（3）

A male given name from Hebrew in regular use since the Middle Ages.

"His name is Daniel Needham," my mother said. Whew! With what relief - down came my grandmother's hands! Needham was a fine old name, a founding fathers sort of name, a name you could trace back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony - if not exactly Gravesend itself. And Daniel was as Daniel as Daniel Webster, which was as good a name as a Wheelwright could wish for.

His name is Daniel Needham, my mother said. Whew! With what relief - down came my grandmother's hands! Needham was a fine old name, a founding fathers sort of name, a name you could trace back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony - if not exactly Gravesend itself. And Daniel was as Daniel as Daniel Webster, which was as good a name as a Wheelwright could wish for. But he's called Dan, my mother added, bringing a slight frown to my grandmother's countenance.

意味（4）

A British surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Daniels.

意味（5）

A French surname originating as a patronymic.

意味（6）

A Portuguese surname originating as a patronymic.

意味（7）

A surname from Irish, a rare adopted anglicization of Ó Domhnaill (O'Donnell).

意味（8）

A village in central Poland.

意味（9）

A town in Utah, United States.

意味（10）

A census-designated place in Wyoming, United States.