Family name origins & meanings
- French : from a northern form of Daniel, in which the final syllable -(i)el has been vocalized in Picard, and the Naams and Liège dialects.
- French : northern habitational name, with the preposition d(e), for someone from Hainault (French Hainaut, Dutch Henegouwen).
- French : perhaps a variant of Denau(x), from a southern word meaning ‘ship’ (Latin navis).
- French : possibly a variant spelling of Daignault.