Dani: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced DAN-ee · 2 syllables

Dani means “diminutive of Daniel and Danielle”, from English.

Clipping and -i diminutive of Daniel (changing -a- to -a-).

How popular is Dani?

Dani was the #746 name in the US in 2025, given to 389 babies. It’s rising: up 50% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Dani in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Dani are older than 50; most are between 20 and 77. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Dani have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Dani means “diminutive of Daniel and Danielle”. It comes from English.

Dani is pronounced DAN-ee.

Dani was the #746 name in the US in 2025, given to 389 babies. It’s rising: up 50% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Dani are older than 50. Most are between 20 and 77.