Given name & surname
Danila
“God is my judge”
Danila is a variant of Danielle. In Hebrew use, Danielle carries the interpretation “God is my judge.”
Original RussianДанила
Meaning & origin
What it means
Danila 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 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Danila through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 239
- 49 boys · 190 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,286 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −39%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,286 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 847 as a first name in 2020; 212 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Danila’s family of names
In Ingrian usage, Danila has a conventional equivalent in the English form Daniel. Danila has a related form in Danielle. In Russian usage, Danila is a transliteration of Данила.
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 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Danila
- Danila KozlovskyRussian actor, writer, producer, film directorborn 1985
- Danila Izotovswimmer from Russiaborn 1991
- Danylo Apostolhetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks1654–1734
- DonkRussian esports playerborn 2007
- DendiUkrainian pro gamerborn 1989
- Danya MilokhinRussian TikToker, rapper, musician, film actor and video bloggerborn 2001
- Danila Comastri MontanariItalian writer1948–2023
- Danila So DelgadoSpanish handball player, born in Portugalborn 2001
- Danila PoperechnyRussian stand-up comedian, YouTuber and podcasterborn 1994
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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