Dan Name Meaning

Dan meaning

Name :

Dan

Gender :

Masculine

Meaning of Dan :

Used in country/religion :

American , Australian , British , Chinese , Czechoslovakian , Danish , English , Finnish , French , German , Hebrew , Japanese , Jewish , Norwegian , Polish , Swedish , Swiss

Variant Names of Dan:

Dann, Dann, Dana, Dane, Dain, Dani, Dean, Den, Doan, Don and Tan, Dann

Rhyming Names of Dan:

Aadan, Aaidan, Aalavandan, Aaydan, Abadan, Abdan, Abeodan, Abhinandan

Names Similar to Dan :

Danuwa, Danjuma, Danso, Dana, Danae, Danah, Danell, Danelle, Danette, Daney

Popularity Rank :

Dan name was top ranked at 165 position in American during year 1930and most recently ranked at 669 position in American during year 2012

Name Dan has been Most Popular throughout the last hundred plus years and ranked at 603 position. 105605 numbers of people were named Dan so far in last 100 years. (SSA)

Dan Numerology :

Personality No. 9. People with name Dan desire love & independence. They love arts & music. They are generous, kindhearted, humane & philanthropic. Person with Dan having 9 as Personality number love traveling & teaching but hate restraint. They are bold, functional, broadminded & spiritual. They have will power & are determined , but are impulsive, contentious, ill-tempered, rebellious & impatient too. More Numerology

More About Name : Dan

Dan was the fifth son of Jacob and founder of one of the 12tribes of Israel.
According to the Book of Genesis, Dan (Hebrewjudgement or he judged) was the fifth son of Jacob with Bilhah. He was Bilhah's first son. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Dan. In the biblical account, Dan's mother is described as Rachel's handmaid, who becomes one of Jacob's wives.
Dan was the founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Dan can also be used as a nickname for Daniel.

Name Analysis of Dan

Character Analysis of Dan : Persons with the name Dan feel compelled to build strong foundations for themselves and those around them, particularly family.

Love Life of Dan : Persons are attracted by the strange things, unusual, quirky also want their sex life to be so.

Name Letter Analysis of Dan

D : Persons are grounded and pragmatic

A : Persons are their own person: ambitious and freethinking

N : Persons are a "think outside the box" kind of person -- creative and original

Astrological (Vedic) Aspect of Name Dan

Acoording to vedic astrology , Rashi for the name Dan is Kark and Moon sign associated with the name Dan is Cancer.

The name Dan has Water element. Moon is the Ruling Planet for the name Dan . The name Dan having moon sign as Cancer is represented by The Crab and considered as Cardinal .

Normally, people with the name Dan are usually determined toward their goals. They are also imaginative and have a great memory.

Other name options, having Cancer moon sign are name starting with : Ha, Hi, Hu, He, Ho, Da, De, Di, Du, Do, Hr.

Nakshatra (Vedic) of Name Dan

The name Dan is suitable for baby born in Pushya nakshatra

Pushya Nakshatra: "The nourisher", also known as sidhya or tiṣya

Lord: Shani (Saturn)
Symbol : Cow's udder, lotus, arrow and circle
Deity : Bṛhaspati, priest of the gods
Indian zodiac: 3°20' -16°40' Karka
Western zodiac 29°20' Cancer - 12°40' Leo

Other name options, having Pushya nakashatra are name starting with : Hu, He, Ho, Da.

Famous Name Dan

Dan Stroup

is a coach for the Washington Stealth of the National Lacrosse League. Prior to his retirement, Stroup played for several teams over a 13-season career which included winning the Champion's Cup four times: three (1999, 2000, and 2002) with the Toronto Roc
Lau Dan

is a Hong Kong actor. Lau is known to portray good characters, but could play cunning and sly characters with ease (includes The Bund and Land of Wealth). He is most noted for being the only actor to play the role of Hong Qigong in the TV series adaptations of Louis Cha's novels The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes for four times in a row. Lau is also well known for playing the role of the patriarch of a family in A Kindred Spirit. He also appeared in the Latvian/Hong Kong film, Hong Kong Confidential (Amaya).

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What babies do in womb?

Babies in the womb just don’t sit idle, they are doing so much in learning within the mom. They are learning to move their fingers, limbs, toes, sucking their thumb. At times, they are dreaming and yawning etc.

Child understanding of Peek a boo

Babies just love Peek a boo is because every time they see the same object, they think its new. Also babies lack object permanence ability. This is the sole reason they never go tired of playing this game.

Infantile Amnesia

Since babies are not able to recall what they have done till the age of 3, their recording machine in the brain is not functional till then. Hence, they don’t remember pretty much anything once they grow up.

Nearsighted

Now if you are confused as to what this means, is simply stating that new born babies are able to clearly see things that are close to them. Hence they can only see close things properly. Maximum clear vision is up to 12 inches.

Taste buds everywhere

New born babies are known to have taste buds at many places apart from the tongue i.e. the back, roof as well as the sides of the mouth. As they grow up, the sense of taste everywhere apart from tongue loses away!

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