Dane

Where Dane comes from

From Middle English Dane, from Old Norse danir or Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dane
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1898
    First appearance
    #1,121 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1972
    Dane Cook born
    American actor and comedian
  3. 1986
    Dane DeHaan born
    American actor
  4. 1986
    Peak, #221
    1,069 babies named Dane — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1993
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #430.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, or from the ethnic term Dane (like Scott or Norman).
Namesakes
  • Dane DeHaan · American actor, born 1986
  • Dane Cook · American actor and comedian, born 1972
  • Dane Clark · American film actor, 1912–1998
  • Dane Bird-Smith · Australian racewalker, born 1992
  • Dane Ingham · New Zealand association football player, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.