Danielle is a girl's name of French origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 588 girls in the United States.
Danielle belongs to the French and English & American tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Danielle first appears in Social Security records in 1937. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #14 in 1987, and in 2024 588 babies received the name — 371,239 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Danielle is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its French origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Danielle is a girl name. In 2024, 588 babies received the name in the US.
Danielle comes from the French, English & American and Irish & Celtic tradition.
Danielle first appears in US records in 1937. Its best-ever ranking was #14 in 1987, and 588 babies were given the name in 2024.
Danielle is pronounced /dænˈjɛl/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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