Name: Dane
Gender: Male
Usage: Dane, of hebrew origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Dane are in general originating from Albania, Australia, Croatia, Denmark, France, Jamaica, Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Slovenia, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Dane is: One who is from Denmark, God will judge.
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Numerology of the first name Dane: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 6. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: responsible, protective, stable, balanced, loving, compassionate.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Romantic, Nurturing
Ruling planet: Venus
Colors: Blue
Gemstones: Emerald
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The name Dane is ranked on the 1,329th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 356000 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.005% of the population. The name Dane has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Dane for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Dane is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Alexandra Dane (born 1946), South African actress
- Barbara Dane (born 1927), American singer
- Claire Danes (born 1979), American film, television, and theater actress
- Dana Dane, American hip-hop artist
- Eric Dane (born 1972), American actor
- Francis Dane (1615-1697), minister in colonial Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials
- Jordan Dane (born 1953), American novelist
- Joseph Dane (1778-1858), American congressman from Maine
- Karl Dane (1886-1934), Danish-American silent film actor
- Lloyd Dane (born 1925), American race car driver
- Maxwell Dane (1906-2004), American advertising executive
- Nathan Dane (1752–1835), American lawyer and statesman representing Massachusetts in the Continental Congress from 1785 to 1787
- Patricia Dane (1919-1995), American film actress
- Warrel Dane (born 1969), American singer
Given name:
- Dane Bowers (born 1979), British singer and member of 5th Story, formerly of Another Level
- Dane Chisholm (born 1990), Australian Rugby League player
- Dane Cook (born 1972), American stand-up comic and actor
- Dane De La Rosa, American professional baseball player
- Dane DeHaan (born 1986), American actor
Fictional characters:
- Dane (Wildstorm), a fictional character from WildStorm Productions, now owned by DC Comics
- The Dane, a term for Prince Hamlet of Denmark, a character in Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet
- Saint Dane, a character in the Pendragon series
- Dane O'Neill, a character in Colleen McCulloch's book The Thorn Birds
English: transferred use of the surname, which was originally a local name representing a dialect variant of Dean that was common in south-east England.
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21 September 2021
In Korean, it could mean "Generous, big-hearted person".
14 January 2017
I thought at one time, about 30 years ago i saw a baby name book , that gave the definition (meaning of).as strong. I thought that would be a good name for a boy. Although my Dane is not weak ny any means, but he would follow the decription of being intelligent strong.
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