The English surname Daniels, found also in Ireland and Scotland, is of patronymic origin meaning son of , or descendent of Daniel. The personal name Daniel comes from the Hebrew personal name Daniel ‘God is my judge’, borne by a major prophet in the Bible. When found in Ireland and Scotland the name Daniels is frequently a reduced form of the Gaelic surname McDaniel. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Roger Daniel,in Sussex  in the Domesday Book in 1086.In November 1644, Ann Daniels married William Furnas, at St. Katherine by the Tower, and Elizabeth Daniels married Richard Foster, on July 23rd 1644, in London. Today there are almost 140,00 people with the family name Daniels living in The United States.