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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.

Gender: Male
Syllables: 2.0
Origin: Slavic
Pronunciation: IPA: /ˈda.nɛk/ (general); Polish/Czech: [ˈdaɲɛk] — approx. 'DAH-nek' or 'DAH-nyek'.

What is the meaning of the name Danek ?

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.

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Danek – Popularity by country

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:

United States
CO
CZ
DK
EE

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People also ask about Danek

Danek is predominantly a boy's name.
Danek is a 2 syllable name, pronounced IPA: /ˈda.nɛk/ (general); Polish/Czech: [ˈdaɲɛk] — approx. 'DAH-nek' or 'DAH-nyek'..
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Daněk (Czech spelling with caron), Danik, Dane, Dan, Daniel and Dani.
Across languages, Danek has these equivalents: Daniel (English/Spanish/French/Polish/Czech/Slovak), Daniil (Russian), Danylo (Ukrainian), Daniele (Italian), Dan (short form).
Somewhat — Danek ranked #887 in United States in 2019, placing it just outside the most common names.
Danek's popularity is declining significantly. It moved from #851 in 2010 to #887 in 2019 in United States.