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daniel

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twinmom2010 · 12/04/2011 15:01

what do you think of Daniel, my concern is he will go to school with 10 other Daniels....

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SolarPanel · 12/04/2011 17:15

I like it.

dangalf · 12/04/2011 17:00

Vested interest as it's my name but I love it - good for variations as well (only time I get called Daniel is when my mum is mad at me or by the MIL). Think it is less popular now then it was when i was born and even so in my schools there was 1 other daniel in my year at secondary but none in my year at primary.

bemybebe · 12/04/2011 15:32

great name

missmapp · 12/04/2011 15:30

one of mine is a daniel, we chose it because we liked all the shortened options, so far he hasnt met that many others.

minipie · 12/04/2011 15:13

Good name

Not that heavily used at the mo.

notanumber · 12/04/2011 15:11

It's a nice name.

Even if it is suddenly The Most Popular Name Ever, in a class of thirty, out of fifteen boys there won't be more than your DS and two others called Daniel. It's not that huge a deal.

I think people get too het up about the supposed pitfalls of popular names.

Better a lovely name that is popular than a unique name which is vile

petitdonkey · 12/04/2011 15:06

I think that it is really lovely and very underused. The youngest Daniel I know is 12 and I don't know of any at DS's school. Love all of the options too, Dan, Danny. Lovely name Smile

Bucharest · 12/04/2011 15:06

No he won't.
It's lovely. Timeless, classy, elegant.

BarbieLovesKen · 12/04/2011 15:05

Absolutely gorgeous. Love it and love all nicknames for it. Think it is getting popular over here (Ireland), I think it was roughly 5 or 6 in last year's charts but, having said that I havent met/ heard of any actual little Daniels.

Good classic name. Its not going to date.

BeakerTheMuppetMuppet · 12/04/2011 15:05

i don't think Daniel is so popular right now...unlike 26yrs ago when i named DS1

no need to be sorry, SouthGoing...we can't all be right Wink

*joke btw

SouthGoingZax · 12/04/2011 15:02

Sorry, think it is horrid.
Probably not all that popular, so may not need to worry about the 10 others.