Dan Family History
Dan Name Meaning
Romanian; Hungarian (mainly Dán): from a short form of the Biblical personal name Daniel (Hungarian Dániel). Romanian: from a short form of the Slavic personal names Bogdan and Prodan . English (Devon and Cornwall): variant of Dann . Jewish (Israeli): from the Biblical personal name Dan a derivative of Hebrew din ‘to judge’. Vietnamese (Đan): unexplained. Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 但 meaning ‘but’ in Chinese: from another Chinese surname Dan (旦) see 7 below.7: Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 旦 meaning ‘dawn’ in Chinese: (i) from the personal name Dan (旦) fourth son of King Wen of Zhou (1152–1056
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022