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David. Too many bad associations with the Danny’s of the world.

David! It’s one of my favourite names. Strong, classic, timeless, biblical, wonderful meaning.

David! It means beloved and Daniel has a way too religious meaning, but usually I would use neither.

David. In my opinion of course.

Daniel by a hair, both are family names in any case.

I like both, as far as classic names go, but David would get my vote. It had a soft spot for me, as my adopted grandpa growing up had this name and I have very fond memories of him. Plus I like the meaning a lot.

Hi !!!

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I choose David because David means "beloved" while Daniel means "my judge is God".

I like both, but I don’t like Dan or Dave. I guess I’d pick Daniel and use the full name.

David ...

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It goes a bit against my grain since Daniel is in my family, and David isn't.
If I were naming a son and it were down to these two, honestly I'd let the other parent pick. It's that close.
Daniel is a great name, however David is a great name, and also it's heroic and bright.
It's like the difference between Claire and Catherine, kinda. Catherine, like Daniel, is great, but just ... squishier.

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I'd rather dance with a Dan. I'd rather be taught a difficult subject by a Dan. I'd rather have a deep conversation with a Dan.
But I'd rather date a Dave, and if I have to choose a surgeon to operate on me based only on his name I'd pick David.

I like Daniel

I like both. My birth ln was Davies, so I used David as my son's first mn. In DH's family, there was a tradition for generations of giving a son an H name with Daniel as the mn, but calling him Dan or Daniel. I prefer Dan to Daniel, so I would have followed that trend, except for the H name, which I couldn't really warm up to. One name from the past that I remember off-hand was Harold Daniel, and I think also Herbert Daniel. I like Hugo, Hugh and Hamish, but not with our ln.

Daniel, both nice, David just a little older