Meaning & Origin
A person of Danish descent.
Dane is a boy's and girl's baby name of Old English origin, meaning "from Denmark" or "a Danish person," derived from the Old English Dene. It also functions as a short form of Daniel, from the Hebrew meaning "God is my judge."
Dane has a one-syllable crispness that has kept it in steady American use for decades. With over 33,000 U.S. births recorded, it carries the clean, Viking-adjacent energy of Scandinavian names without requiring any linguistic complexity. Comedian Dane Cook brought the name fresh pop-culture visibility in the 2000s.