Daniel in Cursive

Daniel in cursive is 𝒟𝒶𝓃𝒾ℯ𝓁. In bold script it is 𝓓𝓪𝓷𝓲𝓮𝓵. The short forms Dan (𝒟𝒶𝓃) and Danny (𝒟𝒶𝓃𝓃𝓎) use no older Unicode characters at all, so they look perfectly even.

Only the ℯ in Daniel comes from Unicode's early batch of script letters, and it sits near the end where it is hard to notice.

The capital D is the letter people search for. In school cursive it usually starts with a stroke down the left side, swings into a loop at the bottom, then curves up and round to close at the top. It is often written as a separate shape, so the a can start just to its right.

After the D the name is easy: a, n, i, e, then a tall-looped l to finish. Dot the i once the l is done.

For a signature, many people make the capital D large and let the rest of the name run inside or beside its curve. In typed text you can switch styles instead: 𝓓𝓪𝓷𝓲𝓮𝓵 in bold script, 𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 in gothic, or 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 in bold. All of them are on this page with copy buttons.

Daniel is Hebrew and means "God is my judge". It comes from the prophet Daniel in the Book of Daniel. The name has spread into more than 100 spellings around the world, from Daniil in Russia to Daan in the Netherlands.

In the United States it peaked as the fifth most popular boys' name in 1985, 1990, 2007 and 2008.