# Dani (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dani/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Gujarati.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Gujarati |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 616 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,337 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 501,210 people |
| Change since 2000 | +29% (478 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdæni/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an Italian, Slovak (Dáni), Romanian, and German surname, from diminutives of the given name Daniel. * As an Albanian surname, from Dan, a short form of the Islamic name Ramadan. * As an Indian surname, borrowed from Gujarati દાણી (dāṇī), from Sanskrit दानिन् (dānin, “giving, generous”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dani in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 49% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 42% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dani in Albania.

## People named Dani

- Elhaida Dani, Albanian singer

## Similar surnames

Dean, Doan, Dana, Danna, Dann, Dane, Dan, Duan, Dawn, Dahn, Dain, Danh.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.