girl's name
Daniella
dan-YEL-uh
- Origin Hebrew
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 3
- Letters 8
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 43,748
the United States
#468
2025 births
Daniella means God is my judge, and the name is a legal claim — Daniel's story turns on false accusation and vindication, so the name states in advance who decides the case. The book turns on judgment throughout.
- Daniella is a name of Hebrew origin.
- Peaked in 2007, when 1,171 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 5,046 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1951.
- 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.
Daniella over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 10 |
| 1960s | 310 |
| 1970s | 1,016 |
| 1980s | 2,650 |
| 1990s | 5,904 |
| 2000s | 9,861 |
| 2010s | 9,974 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 4,170 |
What Daniella means
Daniella means God is my judge. The Hebrew is a complete sentence, so it asserts jurisdiction rather than describing a quality of the person, which is unusual for a personal name.
Where Daniella comes from
Daniella is a feminine of Daniel, the Hebrew Daniyyel — dan, he judged, joined to El, God. The book of Daniel turns on judgment: he interprets the writing on the wall pronouncing sentence on Belshazzar, and he survives the lions' den after being condemned on a technicality. The name is one of a set built on El, alongside Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and Ariel, which name attributes or acts of God rather than describing the bearer.
Daniella in use
Daniella peaked in the United States in 2007, when 1,171 babies were registered, and our data marks it stable rather than falling. It now ranks 468th in the United States on 657 births, 615th in England and Wales on 64, 667th in Ireland on 5 and 1057th in France on 35, across 43,748 lifetime births in five of the seven markets we track. England and Wales ran its own peak of 319 births in 1996.
How popular is Daniella?
In 2025, Daniella was given to 657 babies in the United States, ranking #468 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Daniella is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Daniella
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Daniella also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Daniella over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Daniella
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Daniella in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Daniella
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Daniella — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Daniella
What does the name Daniella mean?
God is my judge — the Hebrew dan, he judged, joined to El, God.
Does the story fit the name?
Closely. Daniel interprets a sentence on Belshazzar and survives condemnation himself.
Which names share the El ending?
Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and Ariel among others.
How popular is Daniella?
468th in the United States, and stable rather than falling in our data.
Is Daniella a girl's or a boy's name?
Daniella is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Daniella?
Daniella has 3 syllables.
What are the nicknames for Daniella?
Daniella is usually shortened to Dani.
Is Daniella a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Daniella currently ranks #468 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.