Ukrainian names — pronunciation, meaning, origin

Danylo — Pronunciation, Meaning & Origin

Male Ukrainian name (Данило)

Pronunciation

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/dɑˈnɪ.lo/ · da-NY-lo
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Meaning

Danylo (Ukrainian: Данило) is a male name of Hebrew origin meaning «God is my judge», «the Lord has judged». A name with a powerful biblical and historical aura.

Origin & History

The name derives from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל (Dāniyyêl), formed from dîn («to judge, decide») and ʾēl («God»). The biblical prophet Daniel (6th century BC) is one of the four major prophets of the Old Testament, known for his wisdom at the court of the Babylonian kings and for his prophetic visions. In the Greco-Byzantine tradition the name took the form Δανιήλ (Daniēl); in Church Slavonic — Daniyil. Of central historical importance for Ukraine is King Danylo Romanovych of Halych (c. 1201–1264) — founder of Lviv, the first and only crowned king of Rus (the Galicia-Volhynia state). The Ukrainian folk form Danylo is native, with the characteristic final -o.

Etymology & Roots

From Hebrew Dāniyyêl: dîn («to judge») + ʾēl («God») — «God is my judge».

International equivalents

Equivalents in other languages: Daniel (English, German, French, Spanish, Swedish, Polish, Czech, Romanian), Daniele (Italian), Даниил / Даниэль (Russian), Daniēls (Latvian), Daniyel / דָּנִיֵּאל (Hebrew); short forms — Dan, Danny.

Diminutives and short forms

Дана, Данусенька, Ська, Дарій, Дна, Дарійка, Дара, Нька, Дароч, Дарця, Даруся, Дар, Русенька, Дарусеч, Одаря, Данилонько, Данилочко, Данцьо, Данусик.

Declension (Ukrainian)

NominativeДанило
GenitiveДанила
DativeДанилові
AccusativeДанила
InstrumentalДанилом
LocativeДанилові
VocativeДаниле

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