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ArchivesRe: Dane as short form of Daniel
in reply to a message by Mackandal
French (Dané) : ethnic name for someone from Denmark. Dutch : variant spelling of Daane. Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Déaghain 'descendant of the dean', but also of English origin, a variant of Dean.
People named Dane hate being called Daniel
People named Dane hate being called Daniel
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Dane (or Tane depending on voicing) is an ethnic name used as a name element and also independently as a first name since the fall of the Roman empire (and probably before). It was a popular name in early medieval Lombard families with ostensibly no connection to Denmark, but the English form Dene or Dæne was also fairly common in Anglo-Saxon Britain.
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