Danylo

Danylo is a Ukrainian form of Daniel, written Данило in Ukrainian. Its Hebrew roots express God is my judge. The ending is part of an established Ukrainian form, not a nickname created by adding o to the English Daniel. Danyil is another Ukrainian form in the same wider name family.

Danya provides a familiar shorter form. The connection with biblical Daniel remains recognizable across these spellings, but Danylo also identifies a particular language tradition. For families preserving a Ukrainian name in Latin letters, its spelling carries useful information about that choice while keeping a link with relatives who use Daniel or another related form.