Given name · also Latin
Danuta
“a gift from God”
Danuta is used as a given name. One Polish interpretation is “a gift from God.” Its derivation is not certain.
Original PolishDana
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Polish interpretation is “a gift from God.” Its derivation is not certain.
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
Danuta developed from Dana.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Danuta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 142
- 0 boys · 142 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 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 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1973. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,965 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.
Danuta’s family of names
In Polish usage, Danuta has a diminutive in Dana. Danuta has a related form in Danielle. Danuta developed from Dana.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Danuta has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
7 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Danuta
- Danuta SiedzikównaPolish resistance fighter (1928–1946)
- Danuta KozákHungarian kayakerborn 1987
- Danuta HübnerPolish economist and politicianborn 1948
- Danuta SzaflarskaPolish actress (1915–2017)
- Danuta StenkaPolish actress (born 1961)
- Anna AnkaSwedish-American model, actress, and authorborn 1971
- Danuta WałęsaFirst lady of Polandborn 1949
- Danuta LatoPolish actor, model and musicianborn 1963
- Danuta RinnPolish singer1936–2006
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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