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A surname transferred from the nickname for someone who came from Denmark, also a variant of Dean. / A male given name transferred from the surname, or from the ethnic term Dane (like Scott or Norman).

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Dane

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Dane

IPA(Pronunciation)

/deɪn/

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Japanese Meaning

デンマーク出身の人物を示すあだ名に由来し、その姓として転用されたもの。Deanの変種としても使われる。 / 姓または、民族的な用語「Dane」から派生した男性の名前。ScottやNormanのように、元々民族名として使われたものが名前として採用された。

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Dane traced his family tree back to an ancestor who had immigrated from Denmark.

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デンマーク出身者を意味するあだ名に由来する姓を持つ男性は、家系を調べて先祖がデンマークから移住したことを突き止めた。

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A surname transferred from the nickname for someone who came from Denmark, also a variant of Dean.

Often he wrote good ones on casual slips and fancied them his; names like Trevellyan or Montressor or Delancey, with musical prefixes; or a good, short, beautiful, but dignified name like "Gordon Dane". He liked that one. It suggested something.

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A male given name transferred from the surname, or from the ethnic term Dane (like Scott or Norman).

"I'm going to call him Dane."

"What a queer name! Why? Is it an O'Neill family name? I thought you were finished with the O'Neills."

"It's got nothing to do with Luke. This is his name, no one else's. - - - I called Justine Justine simply because I liked the name, and I'm calling Dane Dane for the same reason."