Danny
The English short form of Daniel, reaching back to the Hebrew for "God is my judge." In Poland it stays an outsider: barely 200 people carry it, nearly all men, and most Poles have never met one.
Danny Pronunciation
Danny is pronounced DAHN-nih (/ˈdannɨ/).
What Danny means
Where Danny comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Danny is the English pet form of Daniel, and Daniel reaches back into Hebrew, to the name Daniyyel. The word makes a plain statement: God is my judge.
That statement first belonged to the prophet Daniel, who kept his faith in a den of lions in the Hebrew Bible. The short form let go of some of that old solemnity. Danny sounds warm and close. It is a name shouted across a yard and answered in a second, three quick sounds and done.
In English-speaking countries Danny grew into a full name of its own, written on birth records with no Daniel standing behind it. Picture it on a Polish class register, a little foreign among the Kacpers and Szymons, though the children read it without any trouble. Underneath the friendly sound, the old claim stays fixed: God is my judge.
How many people are named Danny
1 in 103622 men in Poland is named Danny. 212 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2148 among male names.
Danny's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Danny as a middle name
Danny is a first name for 212 men in Poland and a middle name for another 31, an 87/13 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1499th, between Bodo (31) and Duy (31).
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#1497 Bharat31
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#1498 Bodo31
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#1499 Danny31
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#1500 Duy31
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#1501 Emi̇r31