Where it comes from
daniyyel (דָּנִיֵּאל), 'God is my judge'
Also known as
Danilo (Slavic), Daniyar (Central Asian forms), Danièle (French feminine)
Fun Fact
Daniel is remembered in the Hebrew Bible for surviving a night in a den of lions after refusing to stop praying to his God. Unusually among major biblical names, Daniel has stayed in roughly the same spelling and pronunciation across most European languages, needing very little adaptation.