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Danes

Feminine
Rare

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : patronymic or genitive from Dane, variant of Dean 2, i.e. ‘son (or servant) of the dean’.
  • Dutch : patronymic from a short form of Daniel.
  • Czech and Slovak (Daneš) : variant of Daňek (see Danek).

Famous people with this last name

Claire Danes

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