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Daniela - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Daniela

[ 3 syll. da-nie-la, dan-i-ela ] The girl name Daniela is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced DaeNYEHLah KEY. Daniela has its origins in the Hebrew language. It is used largely in Czech, English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Romanian. The name Daniela means 'God is my judge, God has judged'. Biblical name derived from dan which means 'judge' ; el which means 'God, powerful'. The generic name has been used in the Old Testament of the Bible. Daniela is the feminine form of the Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish Daniel.

The name Daniela is used to a great extent; it has 46 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Danela, Danele, Danell, Danella, Danelle, Danica (used in Czech, German, and Slavic too), Danielle (used in French too), Danika (used in Czech, German, and Slavic too), Danila (used in Russian and Slavic too), Danilla, Danille, Dannette, and Tanielle. Other English forms include the short forms Dan and Danie, the pet forms Dandie, Dandy, Danee, Danette, Dani, Dann, Danni, Dannie, Danny, and Dee, and the spelling variants Daniell (used in French too), Danniell, Dannielle, Danyel, Danyell, and Danyelle.

Forms of Daniela used in foreign languages include the Polish Danielka, the German and Italian Daniella, the Slavic Danijela, the Russian Danikla, the Dutch Danique, the Hebrew Danit, the Russian, Slavic, and Spanish Danitza, the Czech and Polish Danka, the Spanish Danniela, and the Czech Danuse. Specific foreign forms include the pet forms Dana (Czech, German, Polish, and Romanian), Dania (Hebrew and Scandinavian), Dany (French and German), and Danya (Hebrew and Russian), and the spelling variant Daniele (Italian).

Daniela is popular as a baby girl name, and it is also perceived as rather trendy. The name has been growing in popularity since the 1970s; prior to that, it was of only very modest use. Its usage peaked in 2003 with 0.154% of baby girls being named Daniela. It had a ranking of #112 then. In 2008, it ranked at #121 with a usage of 0.135%, and it was the most popular among all girl names in its family. Daniela was 18% more commonly used than the 2nd most popular name, the English and French Danielle, in 2008. Daniela has mainly been a girl name in the last century.

Baby names that sound like Daniela include the German and Italian Daniella, the English Danela, the English Danella, the English and French Danielle, the English, Russian, and Slavic Danila, the English Danilla, the Spanish Danniela, the English Dannielle, the Czech Danula, the English and Scottish Donella, the English Donielle, the Turkish Damla, the English Danele, the English Danell, the English Danelle, the Italian Daniele, the English and French Daniell, the Slavic Danijela, the English Danille, and the English Danniell.

Details of famous persons named Daniela:
Model Daniela Pestova, born 14 October 1970, Teplice, Czechoslovakia.
Tennis Player Daniela Hantuchova, born 24 April 1983, Poprad, Slovakia.

KEY: Pronunciation for Daniela: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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