Asali, an yi amfani da kalmar Great Dane don kwatanta manyan karnuka masu ƙarfi a gaba ɗaya, ba tare da la’akari da irin jinsin su ba. Bayan lokaci, ƙayyadaddun sunaye na nau'ikan karnuka daban-daban sun fito daga wannan kalmar gama gari. A cikin 1878, kwamitin alkalai da masu kiwon dabbobi a Berlin sun haɗu da yawa daga cikin waɗannan nau'ikan a ƙarƙashin kalmar gama gari Great Dane kuma sun kafa tushen halayen kiwo da ƙa'idodin kiwo na Babban Dane a karon farko. An kafa ma'auni na farko na wajibi a cikin 1880. Asalin kwayoyin halitta na Great Dane ya ta'allaka ne a cikin karnuka Bullenbeisser da kuma a cikin hatzrüden da Saupackers da aka yi amfani da su azaman karnuka farauta, wanda ya nuna halaye biyu na hangen nesa da mastiff na Ingilishi.
A ƙasa zaku sami 10 mafi kyawun jarfa na Karen Dane: