Daniella
Meaning
feminine form of Daniel, "God is my judge"
The story
Daniella is the Daniel family at its most elaborated, God is my judge in the old Hebrew, and the family ledger reads in tiers: Daniel himself, about 1,985,400, one of the great American names; Danielle, the French feminine, about 373,700; Daniela, the single-l spelling our records tell alongside Gabriela, about 68,700; and Daniella at about 33,900, the double-l that reads as the most formal of the daughters. Its own record climbed for half a century, about 310 in the 1960s to 5,900 in the 1990s, then held a plateau across two decades, about 9,900 in the 2000s and 10,000 in the 2010s, with 4,200 so far this decade. It goes to girls almost without exception: about 33,900 to six. The judge in the root never frightened anyone; the daughters keep arriving.
Daniella's name family
One shared root links 8 names across 3 languages.
Shared root: from Hebrew Daniyyel "God is my judge", the dream-reading prophet
The family
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Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Daniella peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
13,587 people · the #1,374 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 14,925 · median age 33
Among people named Daniella living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 208 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Daniella
Most people given the name Daniella in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Daniella deep dive
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