Given name
Danelle
“God is my judge”
Danelle is a variant of Danielle. In Hebrew use, Danielle carries the interpretation “God is my judge.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Danelle is a variant of Danielle. In Hebrew use, Danielle carries the interpretation “God is my judge.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1938. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Danelle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,155
- 46 boys · 7,109 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 265 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 13 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 265 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,252 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Danelle’s family of names
Danelle has a related form in Danielle.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Danelle
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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