Danielle: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced dan-YEL · 2 syllables

Danielle means “God is my judge”, from French.

Borrowed from French Danielle, the feminine form of Daniel.

How popular is Danielle?

Danielle was the #549 name in the US in 2025, given to 550 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 52% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Babies named Danielle in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1980).

Half of US adults named Danielle are older than 39; most are between 23 and 56. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Danielle have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Danielle means “God is my judge”. It comes from French.

Danielle is pronounced dan-YEL.

Danielle was the #549 name in the US in 2025, given to 550 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 52% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Half of US adults named Danielle are older than 39. Most are between 23 and 56.