The baby name Danek is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /ˈda.nɛk/ (general); Polish/Czech: [ˈdaɲɛk] — approx. 'DAH-nek' or 'DAH-nyek'..
Danek is Slavic in Origin.
The baby name Danek is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /ˈda.nɛk/ (general); Polish/Czech: [ˈdaɲɛk] — approx. 'DAH-nek' or 'DAH-nyek'..
Danek is Slavic in Origin.
Danek is a Slavic diminutive built with the affectionate suffix -ek, used in Polish and Czech as a pet form of Daniel. Through Daniel (Hebrew Daniyyel, “God is my judge”), Danek carries the same biblical meaning. In Czech orthography the accented form Daněk is also a common surname and noun for “fallow deer,” adding a nature-tinged association.
Attested in parish and civil records across the 19th–20th centuries, Danek increasingly appears as an independent given name in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, and among diasporic communities. Pronunciation varies by language: Polish Danek is roughly DAH-nek; Czech Daněk is DAH-nyek. Related forms and cognates include Daniel, Dan, Danny, Daněk, Daník/Daneček (Czech), Danik (East Slavic), and Danko (South/West Slavic). Outside Slavic languages, Daněk is commonly rendered without diacritics as Danek.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE | Boys | 0 | #125 | 1 | 2,087 |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #150 | 2 | 2,166 |
| CZ | 0 | #179 | 8 | 3,154 | |
| PL | 0 | #212 | 1 | 2,600 | |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #216 | 93 | 6,530 |
| IR | 0 | #223 | 9 | 4,221 | |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #307 | 29 | 6,459 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #332 | 1 | 7,401 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #332 | 1 | 5,862 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #363 | 2 | 5,096 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #466 | 87 | 10,162 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #478 | 28 | 12,621 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #522 | 2 | 11,913 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #624 | 2 | 10,983 |
| United States | Boys | 2019 | #887 | 5 | 7,235 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #924 | 3 | 14,506 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,029 | 5 | 16,355 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
Danek is popular in 15 countries — most recent births per country:
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