Date
Name Daae
Type Surname
Usage Literature, Norwegian, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Other Forms FormsDaaé, Daa
Edit Status Status
Meaning & History
Norwegian surname, originating in Trondheim in the 17th century. Also a variant of Daa, the name of a Danish noble family which originated in Southern Jutland in the 14th century. It was used by Gaston Leroux in his novel 'The Phantom of the Opera' (1910), where Daaé is the surname of the female protagonist, Christine.