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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Czech (Daněk): from a pet form of Daniel or of any of the Slavic compound personal names formed with dan ‘gift’, as for example Danomír, Danoslav, and Bohdan.
  2. Czech (Daněk): nickname from daňek ‘buck’, ‘fallow deer’.
  3. Polish: from a pet form of Dana.
  4. Ukrainian: from a pet form of Danylo, Ukrainian form of Daniel.