Dan

• enPR: Dăn, IPA^(key): /dæn/
• Rhymes: -æn

Traditionally held to be derived from Hebrew דָּן‎ (Dan), although recent scholars instead link the name to Denyen, the Sea Peoples.

Dan

1. The fifth son of Jacob, whose mother was his wife's handmaid Bilhah and adopted by Rachel, who is the second wife of Jacob.
2. A male given name, derived from the son of Jacob.
3. A male given name & nickname, derived from the prophet Daniel.
4. A surname​.
5. One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Dan.
6. A former city occupied by the tribe
7. The Dan River, the principal tributary of the Jordan, named for the city

• 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 35:22b-26

  Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³ The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

• 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Joshua 21:5

  And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

• Daniel

• Dan (Bible) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Old French dan, from Latin dominus.

Dan (plural Dans)

1. (obsolete) A title of respect: Sir, Master.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii:

     Dan Chaucer, well of English vndefyled, / On Fames eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.

Borrowed from Mandarin 丹江 (dānjiāng), from 丹 (dān, “cinnabar, red”) + 江 (jiāng, “river”).

Dan

1. A river in Shaanxi

• -and, ADN, AND, DNA, NAD, NDA, and, and-, dna, nad

Dan m (plural Daned)

1. Dane

• Danez

• IPA^(key): [ˈdan]
• Rhymes: -an

Dan m anim

1. (informal) A male given name, short form of Daniel.

See the etymology of the main entry.

Dan

1. genitive plural of Dana

• And, dna, DNA, nad

Dan

1. (biblical) Dan.
2. A male given name derived from Old Norse Danr (“a Dane”).

Dan m

1. A male given name.

• son of Dan: Dansson
• daughter of Dan: Dansdóttir

Dan

1. (biblical) Dan.

• DNA

From Danish Daner (“Danes”), from Old Norse Danir.

• IPA^(key): /dan/

Dan (feminine equivalent Danowka)

1. Dane (person from Denmark or of Danish descent)

Dan (plural Danes)

1. Alternative form of Dane

Dan

1. (biblical) Dan.
2. A male given name derived from Old Norse Danr (“a Dane”), Daniel, and biblical Dan.

Dan m

1. Dan (Biblical character and tribe)
   • 1602 — La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 35:22b-26

     Ahora bien, los hijos de Israel fueron doce: ²³ Los hijos de Lea : Rúben el primogénito de Jacob, y Simeón, y Leví, y Judá, é Issachâr, y Zabulón. ²⁴ Los hijos de Rachêl : José, y Benjamín. ²⁵ Y los hijos de Bilha, sierva de Rachêl : Dan, y Nephtalí. ²⁶ Y los hijos de Zilpa, sierva de Lea : Gad, y Aser. Estos fueron los hijos de Jacob, que le nacieron en Padan-aram.

Dan (casual pet form Danne)

1. (biblical) Dan.
2. A male given name derived from Old Norse Danr (“a Dane”), Daniel, and biblical Dan.