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Dan Name Meaning

Dan meaning

Name :

Dan spker

Gender :
Masculine
Meaning of Dan :

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Variant Names of Dan:

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

Rhyming Names of Dan: 
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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 Wardope

    is currently a basketball player for the Worthing Thunder basketball club of the British Basketball League.Australian by birth, Wardrope is eligible, and plays for the Scotland's national basketball team. Previous to Guildford, he played three seasons for

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  • Xu Dan

    is a male Chinese sports shooter who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

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