Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Denica is a variant of Dinah. An origin associated with Dinah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Denica is a variant of Dinah. The history of Dinah gives this family its wider story. Dinah appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Denica through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 194
- 0 boys · 194 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 13 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 6 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 288 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.
Denica’s family of names
Denica has a related form in Dinah. In Bulgarian usage, Denica is a transliteration of Деница.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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