Danai
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.
Danai by the numbers
Danai was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 17 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Danai
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Danai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Danai
Names that are said the same way as Danai, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Dannagod is my judge; a form of Daniel579 in the US (2017)
- DanaGod is my judge308 in the US (2017)
- Danahgod is my judge; a form of Danielle or Dana5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dannahgrace; a form of Hannah13 in the US (2017)
- Dawnadawn; daybreak; a form of dawn or donna6 in the US (2017)
- Dayna38 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Danai
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