Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Danja isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Danja through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 5 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 1969. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Danja’s family of names
In Slovenian usage, Danja has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Danisława.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Danja
- Danja MüschGerman beach volleyball playerborn 1971
- Danja HaslacherAustrian para alpine skierborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Danja, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Dena
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>99% girls
Dana
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9% boys · 91% girls
Darcie
“a dark beauty”
>99% girls
Sonja
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>99% girls
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>99% girls
Doria
“of the ancient Greek tribe, the Dorians” · “dorian woman”
>99% girls
Deanna
“from the valley; a church official”
>99% girls