Dani is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “giving, generous.” In 2024 it was given to 418 girls in the United States.
Dani at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Spanish · English & American · Portuguese
Meaning
“giving, generous”
Pronunciation
/ˈdæni/
About the name Dani
Dani belongs to the Spanish and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “giving, generous” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Dani first appears in Social Security records in 1942. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #676 in 2022, and in 2024 418 babies received the name — 9,970 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.