Danil is a
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Russia
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n male given name meaning "The Creator's Gift" in certain dialects of the Turkic languages
. It is as a variant of the
Russia
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Daniil.
Notable people with the name include:
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Danil Bugakov (born 1988), Uzbek swimmer
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Danil Burkenya
Daniil Sergeyevich Burkenya (russian: Даниил Серге́евич Буркеня; born July 20, 1978, in Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR) is a Russian track and field athlete who competes mainly in triple jump. He was a long jumper before taking up tri ...
(born 1978), Russian track and field athlete
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Danil Domdjoni (born 1985), Croatian karate fighter
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Danil Faizullin
Danil Faizullin (russian: Данил Файзуллин; born December 3, 1993) is a Russia professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with Admiral Vladivostok of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Faizullin made his Kontinental ...
(born 1993), Russian ice hockey player
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Danil Haustov (born 1980), Estonian swimmer
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Danil Junaidi (born 1986), Indonesian footballer
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Danil Khalimov
Danil Takhirovich Khalimov (russian: Данил Тахирович Халимов; 6 July 1978 – 15 October 2020) was a Russian-Kazakhstani amateur Greco-Roman wrestler of Tatar descent, who competed in the men's middleweight category.
Caree ...
(born 1978), Kazakh Greco-Roman wrestler
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Danil Klenkin (born 1990), Russian football player
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Danil Kutuzov (born 1987), Russian futsal player
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Danil Mamayev
Danil Mamayev (born March 18, 1994) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman.
Mamayev played 79 regular season games and eight playoff games for Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Kontinental Hockey League from 2016 to 2018.
He then split the 2018 ...
(born 1994), Russian ice hockey player
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Danil Poluboyarinov (born 1997), Russian football player
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Danil Romantsev (born 1993), Russian ice hockey player
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Danil Yerdakov (born 1989), Russian ice hockey player
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Danil Venho (Born 1970) Finnish recording engineer
Surname
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Konstantin Danil (1798–1873), Serbian painter
See also
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Daniel
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...
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