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| DANIEL(L): (1) (British): "God has judged" (Hebrew).
Name taking - or based on - the first name of the ancestor's father (patronymic).
(2) English, Welsh and French, patronymic derived from the Old Testament name of the Hebrew prophet, Daniel 'judged of God'; in France the regard for the name was undoubtedly influenced by the French troubadour, Daniel, who flourished in the twelfth century, called gran maestro d'amore 'grand master of love.'
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