Danaya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.
Danaya by the numbers
Danaya was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 50 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Danaya
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 Danaya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Danaya
Names that are said the same way as Danaya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Dayanadivine; a form of Diana543 in the US (2017)
- Daniagod is my judge; a feminine form of daniel46 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dayannadivine; a modern respelling of Diana151 in the US (2017)
- Danaeparched, dry; mythological figure in Greek tradition85 in the US (2017)
- Daianadivine; variant of Diana6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Danniagod is my judge; a feminine form of Daniel13 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Danaya
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