Dani

name

name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the female given name Danielle and of its variant forms.
  2. 2
    A surname from Gujarati.
  3. 3
    A rare spelling variant of Danny, diminutive of the male given name Daniel.

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"My name's Dani, and my pronouns are she and her."

Etymology

* As an Italian, Slovak (Dáni), Romanian, and German surname, from diminutives of the given name Daniel. * As an Albanian surname, from Dan, a short form of the Islamic name Ramadan. * As an Indian surname, borrowed from Gujarati દાણી (dāṇī), from Sanskrit दानिन् (dānin, “giving, generous”).

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