Dani
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A diminutive of the female given name Danielle and of its variant forms
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈdɑni/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Dani is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Colombia than in any other country.
- CLChile≈1 in 3K(inferred from the name graph)
- COColombia≈1 in 3.4K
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 5.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Colombia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 270 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈14,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Austria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A diminutive of the female given name Danielle and of its variant forms.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dani 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO Colombia | #574 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.4K | — | Dani | 68 |
| US United States | — | 11,724 | 1 in 28K | 9.6K | Dani | 270 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈6,100 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Dani | 37 |
| CL Chile | — | ≈6,000 est. | ≈1 in 3K | — | Dani | 60 |
| GT Guatemala | #422 | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.7K | — | Dani | 27 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 3K | 96 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 4K | 202 | Dani | 35 |
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; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Dani is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swedish, Dani kan vara en kortform av → Daniel.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In Italian, redução popular e coloquial de Daniele
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In Italian, Variante di Danieli
as a nameDizionario dei cognomi italiani
In dag, secret language of youth Dagbani so altered as to be incomprehensible except to those who have learned it
as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD
In dag, 1. to grow thin 2. to lose weight 3. to collectively move an object or person 4. to balance
as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Dani Karavanb. 1930ILIsraeli sculptor (1930–2021)
- Dani Rodrikb. 1957TRTurkish economist and publicist (born 1957)
- Dani Levyb. 1957CHSwiss-German actor, film director and screenwriter (b. 1957)
- Dani Woodwardb. 1984USAmerican pornographic actress
- Daniel Parejob. 1989ESnot in their usual nameSpanish association football player
- Dani Danielsb. 1989USAmerican pornographic actress and director
- Dani Pachecob. 1991ESSpanish association football player
- Dani Carvajalb. 1992ESSpanish footballer (born 1992)
- Dani Ceballosb. 1996ESSpanish association football player
- Dani Olmob. 1998ESSpanish footballer
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 103 sources across 51 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 9.6K | #2,230 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.1K | #2,230 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 364 | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2024 | 96 | #454 |
Reference works 6
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- Is Dani a male or female name?
- Dani 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.
- What does the name Dani mean, and where does it come from?
- A diminutive of the female given name Danielle and of its variant forms. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Dani?
- In the etymology graph, Danny, Dany and Danna are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Daniel and Danielle.
- How do you pronounce Dani?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈdɑni/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Dani have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Dani in Colombia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dani.
- How common is the name Dani?
- In the United States, the national register counted 11,724 people named Dani in 2020, about 1 in 28 thousand residents.
- How common is Dani compared with other names?
- In Colombia, Dani is the 574th most common given name of 106,067 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/daniThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Dani” — the 574th most common given name in Colombia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.