What’s in a name? —William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Names today often don’t mean much. Many parents try to select a unique name for their child instead of giving thought to its religious significance. That’s how you end up with babies named for a fruit, color, or direction. In Daniel’s day, parents chose names impregnated with meaning for the present as well as hope for the future. The name Daniel ends with the Hebrew word El, which is the singular form of...