My judge
A rare phonetic variant of the Hebrew name Daniel. It combines the elements 'dan' meaning judge and 'el' referring to God, maintaining the same spiritual significance as its more common counterpart.
Less common today
Danuel isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #5,075 in 1990.
NBA basketball player
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).