Danian

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A subdivision of the Paleocene epoch

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

Danian is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • GYGuyana1 in 375K(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 443K
  • MDMoldova1 in 841K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

223 people, 2020

Sources
45 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 375K (inferred from the name graph)

Guyana

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A subdivision of the Paleocene epoch.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Danian 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 Danian is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2231 in 1.5M208Danian45
BR Brazil661 in 3.2M66Danian19
NL Netherlands391 in 443K39—2
CR Costa Rica41 in 1.3M4Danian2
MD Moldova41 in 841K4——
GY Guyana21 in 375K2——

223 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; e-services.md — living population register; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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)

Danian is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Chinese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, China

    Also written Da-Nian

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Da-Nian

  • Russian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia

    Also written Даниан

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Danian is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Romanian, DANIÁN, subst., adj. 1. Subst. Ultimul etaj al cretacicului, caracterizat prin anumte specii de lamelibranhiate, reptile, palmieri etc. 2. Adj. Care se referă la vârsta și la etajul danianului (1). [Pr.: -ni-an].

    as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Danian
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020208#35,884
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)202266—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—59#55,051
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—54#27,619
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—45#50,207
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)199042—
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—39#7,804
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—33#14,865
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)199024—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202015#35,884
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200610—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20078—

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Danian mean, and where does it come from?
A subdivision of the Paleocene epoch. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Danian a male or female name?
Danian is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Danian have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 223 people named Danian, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled danian.
Where is Danian most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Danian is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 375 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Danian?
In the United States, the national register counted 223 people named Danian in 2020, about 1 in 1.5 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, “Danian”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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