Daniil
title: "Daniil" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["russian-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/russia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniil" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Daniil |
| gender | Male |
| region | Russia |
| language | Russian |
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| name = Daniil | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = Male | meaning = | region = Russia | language = Russian | origin = | alternative spelling = | nickname = | related names = | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = Daniil () is a Russian masculine given name. Daniil () may also be a surname.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
Arts and literature
- Daniil Andreyev (1906–1959), Russian writer, poet, and Christian mystic
- Daniil Chyorny (c. 1360–1430), Russian icon painter
- Daniil Granin (1919–2017), Russian writer
- Daniil Kashin (1769–1841), Russian composer, pianist, conductor, and folk-song collector
- Daniil Kharms (1905–1942), Russian writer and poet
- Daniil Khrabrovitsky (1923–1980), Russian scriptwriter and film director
- Daniil Kozlov (born 1997), Belarusian singer
- Daniil Shafran (1923–1997), Russian cellist
- Daniil Simkin (born 1987), Russian ballet dancer
- Daniil Strakhov (born 1976), Russian actor
- Daniil Trifonov (born 1991), Russian pianist
Religion
- Daniil Sihastrul (fl. 1400–1482), saint of the Romanian Orthodox Church
- Daniil Sysoev (1974–2009), Russian Orthodox priest
Sports
- Daniil Barantsev (born 1982), Russian–American ice dancer
- Daniil Chertov (born 1990), Russian football player
- Daniil Gavilovskiy (born 1990), Russian football player
- Daniil Gleikhengauz (born 1991), Russian figure skater
- Daniil Gridnev (born 1986), Russian football player
- Daniil Ivanov (born 1986), Russian speedway rider
- Daniil Karpyuk, Russian ice hockey player
- Daniil Kvyat (born 1994), Russian racecar driver
- Danny Markov (born 1976; also known as Daniil Markov), Russian ice hockey player
- Daniil Medvedev (born 1996), Russian tennis player
- Daniil Move (born 1985), Russian racecar driver
- Daniil Ratnikov (born 1988), Estonian football player
- Daniil Samsonov (born 2005), Russian figure skater
- Daniil Sapljoshin (born 1970), Estonian kickboxer
- Daniil Steptšenko (born 1986), Estonian biathlete
- Daniil Tsyplakov (born 1992), Russian high jumper
- Daniil Zharkov (born 1994), Russian ice hockey player
- Daniil Fominykh (born 1998), Russian ice hockey player (in Slovakia)
Other
- Daniil or Daniel of Moscow (1261–1303), Prince of Moscow
- Daniil or Daniel Chwolson (1819–1911), Russian–Jewish orientalist
- Daniil Dubov (born 1996), Russian chess grandmaster
- Daniil Ostrogski (fl. 1344–1366), Prince of Turaŭ, first Prince of Ostroh, founder of Ostrogski House
- Daniil Shchenya (fl. 1489–1519), Russian military leader
- Daniil Sulimov (1890[1891]–1937), Soviet Russian politician
Surname
- Vasilios Daniil, Greek football player and manager
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