I recently met a guy named Danon, pronounced [name_u]Dane[/name_u]-in. I’ve been crushing on it ever since. I’m not sure what its meaning is, but it seems to be Hebrew. I know it’s similar to Dannon, but that doesn’t bother me.
I like the sound, but I’ve always liked the name [name_u]Dane[/name_u] too. I saw some info that Danon might be an English alternative of [name_u]Dane[/name_u] meaning from Denmark of course. But also some info that it is a Hebrew surname and possibly means “God is my judge” like [name_m]Daniel[/name_m] (?).
The visual similarity to Dannon and the impulse to pronounce it that way would be too hard for me to overcome personally. I’d have to go with one of the alternate spellings like Daenon, Daenan, etc.
Interesting!
It’s not for me, but it sounds all right. On first sight I wouldn’t pronounce it [name_u]Dane[/name_u]-in though but rather as [name_u]Day[/name_u]-non, so you might want to play around with the spelling to avoid any confusion.
I would never know how to pronounce it if you hadn’t said something in your post. I originally would have pronounced it [name_m]Dan[/name_m]-on, like the yogurt brand. [name_m]Damon[/name_m] and [name_u]Dane[/name_u] might be better, more familiar alternatives.
I like the name but agree that pronunciation would be a big issue with the similarity to Dannon and words like canon.
Thanks for the replies. I really like the sound, but you’re all probably correct about the spelling.