"Danton" suna ne da ya dace wanda yawanci yana nufin Georges Danton, jagoran juyin juya halin Faransa wanda ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a lokacin juyin juya halin Faransa. Ya kasance memba na taron kasa kuma yana daya daga cikin shugabannin masu sassaucin ra'ayi da aka sani da "Dantonists". An kashe shi da guillotine a lokacin Mulkin Terror a shekara ta 1794.A matsayin suna na gama-gari, "danton" ba shi da ma'anar ƙamus a cikin harshen Ingilishi.