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Danica

Girl Slavic languages #1534 in 2023

Danica is a girl name of Slavic languages origin.

Meaning of Danica

From female given name, from the name for the Morning Star.

Popularity of Danica

Popularity, 1916–2023

139 births in 2023

1916 2023

16,255 U.S. births recorded from 1916–2023.

Peak year

2007

1,109 babies

First recorded

1916

107 years of history

Recent trend

Falling

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

God is my judge

Boy · Scottish Gaelic

Name of Scottish kings and an early saint, from Dòmhnall and reinforced by Donvaldus ~ Donaldus, from Domnall, from Dubnowalos

Girl · Ancient Greek

The English form of Dorothea, the name of a legendary saint, from Δωροθέα, from t=gift + t=god

Girl · Italian

A 19th-century invention from the - noun donna; also interpreted as a feminine form of Donald

Popular from the 1940s to the 1970s, first in the USA, then in the UK

Boy · Ancient Greek

From Denis, from - saint's name Denis, brought to England by Normans; from Latin Dionysius, a masculine name literally meaning “follower of (the wine god) Dionysus”

From a place name, dubh + glais

About this page

Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.