Danish
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in England and Wales.
Danish by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Danish. In the US, 11 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 20 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Danish
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Danish. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Danisgod is my judge; a form of Daniel11 in the US (2017)
- Dhanishwealthy, prosperous; a form of Dhanush3 in England and Wales (2025)
- DanielGod is my judge11,654 in the US (2017)
- Davisson of david or beloved616 in the US (2017)
- DaniloGod is my judge; a form of Daniel198 in the US (2017)
- Denisfollower of Dionysus; a form of Dennis80 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Danish
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