Danylo
The Ukrainian form of Daniel, from the Hebrew for "god is my judge". Given only to boys, it barely registered in Poland until the 2020s, when it arrived in real numbers: meeting one is still memorable.
Danylo Pronunciation
Danylo is pronounced dah-NIH-lo (/daˈnɨlɔ/).
What Danylo means
Where Danylo comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Danylo begins in Hebrew, in the name Daniyyel, which means "God is my judge." It is the Ukrainian form of Daniel, and the two share a single root. The judge here weighs a life rather than presiding over any courtroom. That older sense sat close to prayer.
Ukraine gives the name its clearest bearer. Danylo of Halych, the thirteenth-century prince crowned King of Ruthenia, carried it through war and diplomacy and left it in the chronicles. His city of Lviv was named for his son, Lev.
In a Polish class register, Daniel appears more often than Danylo, though Ukrainian families have brought the second spelling into schools and onto forms at the urząd. Short and firm, the name still says what it said in Hebrew: God is my judge.
How many people are named Danylo
1 in 1809 men in Poland is named Danylo. 11,802 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #344 among male names.
Danylo's popularity over time
66 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #303 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2012.
Where parents choose Danylo
Danylo is most popular in Lower Silesian, 82% above the national average (39 boys born 2019–2025), followed by West Pomeranian (+74%) and Masovian (+66%). It is least common in Lublin and Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 86% and 80% below average respectively.
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Lower Silesian
+82%1 in 4,029 babies
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West Pomeranian
+74%1 in 4,221 babies
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Masovian
+66%1 in 4,428 babies
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Lublin
−86%1 in 51,338 babies
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian
−80%1 in 36,460 babies
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Subcarpathian
−51%1 in 15,071 babies
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Lower Silesian+82% 39 born1 in 4,029 babies+82%
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West Pomeranian+74% 20 born1 in 4,221 babies+74%
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Masovian+66% 80 born1 in 4,428 babies+66%
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Łódź+39% 24 born1 in 5,280 babies+39%
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Lubusz+4% 7 born1 in 7,094 babies+4%
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Silesian±0% 31 born1 in 7,341 babies±0%
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Greater Poland−1% 29 born1 in 7,422 babies−1%
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Lesser Poland−3% 30 born1 in 7,564 babies−3%
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Pomeranian−15% 17 born1 in 8,666 babies−15%
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Opole−36% 4 born1 in 11,524 babies−36%
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Subcarpathian−51% 8 born1 in 15,071 babies−51%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−80% 3 born1 in 36,460 babies−80%
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Lublin−86% 2 born1 in 51,338 babies−86%
Danylo as a middle name
Danylo is a first name for 11,802 men in Poland and a middle name for another 8, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 3510th, between Dane (8) and Dao (8).
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#3508 Damon8
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#3509 Dane8
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#3510 Danylo8
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#3511 Dao8
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#3512 Dattatraya8