Breadcrumb Home Hello, My Name Is... Hello, My Name Is: DANIEL Wednesday, March 1, 2023 Written by Robert Cargill, Associate Professor of Classics and Biblical Studies Bible & Archaeology (University of Iowa) From the Hebrew words דן (dan) meaning "judge," and the name of the Canaanite deity אל (ʾEl), which later became a generic Semitic word for "god," the name Daniel means "My judge is God" or "My judge is ʾEl."