Given name
Donika
“of the morning star”
Donika is a variant of Danica. One Slavic interpretation is “of the morning star.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Donika is a variant of Danica. One Slavic interpretation is “of the morning star.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Donika is a variant of Danica. An origin associated with Danica is Slavic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Donika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 402
- 0 boys · 402 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 34 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 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 638 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Donika
- Donika KastriotiAlbanian noble1428–1506
- Donika Gërvalla-SchwarzKosovan politicianborn 1971
- Donika GrajqevciKosovan footballerborn 2001
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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