Last name: DANIS

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DANIS : This last name is indexed 87,294 times on Geneanet!

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DANIS : 1: French: from a derivative of the personal name Daniel. In North America the surname Danis may also be an altered form of the cognate Dany. Compare Danna Donna and Downey.2: Slovak and Czech (Daniš); Polish (also Daniś): from a derivative of the personal name Daniel or of any of the Slavic compound personal names formed with the element dan ‘given’ (see Dana). In North America this surname may also be an altered form of the Polish cognate Danisz.3: Hungarian: patronymic from Dani a pet form of the personal name Dániel Hungarian form of Daniel.4: American shortened form of Lithuanian Danišauskas or Daniševičius derivatives of Polish Danisz or Daniś (see 2 above).5: English (Lincolnshire): from the Middle English personal name Danis either a pet form of Daniel or a variant of Dennis.6: Turkish (Danış): ornamental name or nickname from danış ‘consultation’.

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