Daniele

Daniele is the Italian and occasionally French form of Daniel, a Hebrew name composed of the elements dan, meaning judge, and el, meaning God, giving the overall sense of God is my judge. The name is borne in the Hebrew Bible by the prophet Daniel, whose story of survival in the lions' den made the name widely popular across Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions. Daniele functions as both a masculine name in Italy and, less commonly, a feminine form in French-speaking regions, paralleling the English Daniela and Daniella for women. Related forms include the Spanish and Portuguese Daniel, the Scandinavian Daniel, and the feminine variants Daniela and Danielle.