Where the spelling 대니얼 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 대니얼 for Daniel.
People in the list with this given name:
- 슐먼, 대니얼 — Schulman, Daniel H.
- 짐보스키, 대니얼 존 — Szymborski, Daniel John
- 폰스 데이리온, 대니얼 — Ponce de Leon, Daniel
…and 30 more in the list.
Sound by sound
Da대ni니el얼
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
Other possible spellings
다니엘Daniel · NIKL spelling of the Spanish name
What Daniel means
Daniel by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 8, 391,463 babies (0.2% girls, 99.8% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 대니얼: 33.
Korean names for Daniel
These are the converter’s results for Daniel as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
이태민Lee TaeminBoy’s name · 62% sound match
이태이Lee TaeiBoy’s name · 62% sound match
이단우Lee DanuBoy’s name · 59% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 이, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics