Dan

Etymology 1
Traditionally held to be derived from, although recent scholars instead link the name to Denyen, the Sea Peoples.

Proper noun

 * 1) The fifth son of Jacob and Bilhah (who was Rachel's handmaid).
 * , derived from the son of Jacob.
 * 1)  & nickname, derived from the prophet Daniel.
 * 2) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Dan.
 * 3) A former city occupied by the tribe
 * 4) The Dan River, the principal tributary of the Jordan, named for the city
 * 1) The Dan River, the principal tributary of the Jordan, named for the city

Translations

 * Danish: Dan
 * Dutch: Dan
 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish: Dán
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch: Dan
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish: Dán
 * Portuguese: Dã


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: Dan
 * Dutch: Dan
 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Swedish:

Etymology 2
From the romanization of the.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Japanese:

Proper noun

 * 1) A Mande ethnic group from northwestern Ivory Coast and neighboring Liberia.
 * 2) The language of this people, belonging to the Southern Mande branch.

Etymology 5
The name is first recorded in 1728.

Proper noun

 * 1) A river which flows 214 miles through the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia.

Etymology
Dimunitve of, and. From (from, from ).

Noun

 * 1) Dane

Proper noun

 * , short form of

Proper noun

 * 1)  derived from
 * 1)  derived from

Usage notes

 * son of Dan: Dansson
 * daughter of Dan: Dansdóttir

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Dan.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) Dane person from Denmark or of Danish descent

Etymology
As a biblical character from. The given name comes from, from , but also from the biblical name.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Biblical character and tribe
 * 2) * 1602 — La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 35:22b-26
 * "es"

- Ahora bien, los hijos de Israel fueron doce: 23 Los hijos de Lea : Rúben el primogénito de Jacob, y Simeón, y Leví, y Judá, é Issachâr, y Zabulón. 24 Los hijos de Rachêl : José, y Benjamín. 25 Y los hijos de Bilha, sierva de Rachêl : Dan, y Nephtalí. 26 Y los hijos de Zilpa, sierva de Lea : Gad, y Aser. Estos fueron los hijos de Jacob, que le nacieron en Padan-aram.

Proper noun

 * 1)  derived from, Daniel, and biblical Dan
 * 1)  derived from, Daniel, and biblical Dan