Dänu

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Dänu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Mother of the Asuras, who are, therefore, called Dānavā.’ Abhidhānappadīpika, p. l 4 .

rarermore common
  • ESSpain1 in 893K(measured from records)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 1.1M
  • PLPoland1 in 1.1M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Dänu itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

India (measured from records)

315 people

Sources
61 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 893K (inferred from the name graph)

Spain

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Danu in US United States, IN India.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Mother of the Asuras, who are, therefore, called Dānavā.’ Abhidhānappadīpika, p. l 4 .

Sources 3

  • Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)
  • The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dänu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Dänu is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India3151 in 4.2M315Danu29
ES Spain561 in 893K56—2
PL Poland351 in 1.1M24—1
US United States≈20 est.≈1 in 16MlistedDanu61
CH Switzerland81 in 1.1M8Dänu3
DK Denmark41 in 1.5M4——
SE Sweden≈4 est.≈1 in 2.4M4—1

315 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Dänu is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Romanian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania, United States, Italy, Moldova

    Also written Danu, Dănu

  • Spanish surname13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, Argentina, Portugal, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Danu, Dañu, Danü, Danú, Dánu

  • Ukrainian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Türkiye

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Дану, Danu

  • Khmer surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Moldova

    Also written Danu

  • Indonesian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia, India

    Languages: Indonesian, Vietnamese, Malay

    Also written Danu, 'Danu, Danu', Dânu, Dãñù

  • Italian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy

    Also written Danu, Dănu

  • Croatian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Pakistan

    Also written Danu, Дану

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 0 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Dänu mean, and where does it come from?
Mother of the Asuras, who are, therefore, called Dānavā.’ Abhidhānappadīpika, p. l 4 . Recorded by Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh) and The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys and 1 other source.
Is Dänu a male or female name?
Dänu is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Dänu have the most bearers?
In India, the national register counted about 315 people named Dänu, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled danu.
Where is Dänu most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Dänu is densest in Spain — about 1 in 893 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Dänu?
In India, the national register counted 315 people named Dänu, about 1 in 4.2 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dänu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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