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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Ukrainian: from a pet form of the personal name Danýlo.
  2. Polish: from a pet form of an Old Polish compound personal name beginning with Da- (for example, Dalebor, Dalegor, Dalemir), or of the Biblical names Daniel or Dawid (Polish form of David).
  3. Bulgarian: from a pet form of Daco, itself a pet form of various personal names such as Jordan, Danail, or David or alternatively from a pet form of Dace.