Danh
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Danh is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: the state of being well-known; reputation, renown, fame, infamy, etc.
- USUnited States1 in 162K(measured from records)
- ISIceland1 in 351K
- SESweden1 in 408K
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)
- Sources
- 103 (measured from records)
- 1 in 162K (inferred from the name graph)
2,058 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
the state of being well-known; reputation, renown, fame, infamy, etc.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Danh 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 2,058 | 1 in 162K | 1.7K | Danh | 103 |
| SE Sweden | 25 | 1 in 408K | 25 | — | 4 |
| NL Netherlands | 17 | 1 in 1M | 17 | Danh | 6 |
| FI Finland | 12 | 1 in 464K | 52 | — | 1 |
| PL Poland | 9 | 1 in 4.3M | 9 | — | — |
| IS Iceland | 1 | 1 in 351K | 1 | — | — |
2,058 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; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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)
Danh is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Vietnamese, Hán-Việt: danh, tên tuổi/danh tiếng; chữ cuối bài đặt tên cho Điện Bàn công.
as a nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam
In Vietnamese, Chữ lót thường dùng; không có giải thích nghĩa riêng trong đoạn.
as a nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam
Š$ Danh B có nghĩa gốc là tên gọi.
as a nameMẹo giải nghĩa từ Hán Việt và chữa lỗi chính tả
In acn, field
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Louis Hà Kim Danhb. 1913VNVietnamese Roman Catholic prelate (1913–1995)
- Ming Wangb. 1921USnot in their usual nameAmerican painter (1921–2016)
- Vũ Văn Danhb. 1926VNVietnamese sports shooter
- Danh Quachb. 1939USAmerican businessman
- Danh Vōb. 1975VNDanish contemporary artist of Vietnamese descent (born 1975)
- Liu Mingnot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 241664
- Liu Mingnot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 322531
- Liu Mingnot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 275971
- Wang Mingnot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 238513
- Zhang Mingnot in their usual nameperson, CBDB ID = 400289
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 30 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.6K | #16,886 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.3K | #20,502 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 963 | #24,368 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 14 | #32,408 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 7 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 7 | #161,359 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #256,658 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Danh mean, and where does it come from?
- the state of being well-known; reputation, renown, fame, infamy, etc. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Danh a male or female name?
- Danh 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 Danh have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 2.1 thousand people named Danh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled danh.
- Where is Danh most common?
- Danh is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 162 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Danh?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,058 people named Danh in 2020, about 1 in 162 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/danhThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Danh”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.