Danil is a Central Asian and Russian male given name meaning "God is my judge" and "The Creator's Gift" in certain dialects of the Turkic languages. 1 It is a variant of the Russian name Daniil. A Tatar and Bashkir national name, it is derived from the combination of two words Dan, which means glorious, and Il, which means country.
Notable people named Danil or Danyl include:
- Danil Bugakov (born 1988), Uzbek swimmer
- Danil Burkenya (born 1978), Russian track and field athlete
- Danil Domdjoni (born 1985), Croatian karate fighter
- Danil Faizullin (born 1993), Russian ice hockey player
- Danil Haustov (born 1980), Estonian swimmer
- Danyl Johnson, British singer who competed in The X Factor (British TV series) series 6
- Danil Junaidi (born 1986), Indonesian footballer
- Danil Khalimov (born 1978), Kazakh Greco-Roman wrestler
- Danil Klenkin (born 1990), Russian football player
- Danil "donk" Kryshkovets (born 2007), Russian Counter-Strike player.
- Danil Kutuzov (born 1987), Russian futsal player
- Danil Mamayev (born 1994), Russian ice hockey player
- Danyl Mashchenko (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer
- Danil Poluboyarinov (born 1997), Russian football player
- Danil Romantsev (born 1993), Russian ice hockey player
- Danil Yerdakov (born 1989), Russian ice hockey player
- Danil Zhilkin (born 2003), Russian ice hockey player