Given name & surname
Dania
“God is my judge”
Dania is a variant of Danielle. In Hebrew use, Danielle carries the interpretation “God is my judge.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dania 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 1943. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dania through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,823
- 5 boys · 8,818 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 313 babies
- 2025
- 229
- #1,063 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +30%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 229 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,063 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 29.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 313 in 2007. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (43). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 11,968 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.
Dania’s family of names
Dania has a related form in Danielle. Dania has a related form in Dana. In Greek usage, Dania as a surname is a transliteration of Δάνια.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Daniequivalent
- Danniequivalent
- Danyaequivalent
- Damiaequivalent
- Danniaequivalent
- Daiaequivalent
- Duniaequivalent
- Danilaequivalent
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People named Dania
- Dania RamirezDominican actressborn 1979
- Dania PrinceHonduran modelborn 1980
- Dania Ben SassiLibyan singerborn 1998
- Dania EspaevaKazakh politicianborn 1961
- Dania NourPalestinian swimmerborn 2003
- Daniya NurullinaSoviet and Russian Tatar theater worker, actressborn 1946
- Dania KhatibLebanese musicianborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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