Given name
Danijela
“God is my judge”
Danijela is a variant of Danielle. In Hebrew use, Danielle carries the interpretation “God is my judge.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Danijela 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 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Danijela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 63
- 0 boys · 63 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 657 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.
Danijela’s family of names
In Slovenian usage, Danijela has a diminutive in Dana. Danijela has a related form in Danielle. In Slovenian usage, Danijela has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Daniela.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Danijela
- Danijela MartinovićCroatian pop singerborn 1971
- Danijela RundqvistSwedish ice hockey playerborn 1984
- Danijela JackovichAustralian water polo playerborn 1994
- Danijela ĐurovićMontenegrin politicianborn 1973
- Danijela IlićSerbian basketball player (born 1970)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.