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Meaning of the nameDanila

Danila is a female name of Hebrew origin, a feminine form of Daniel, a name that means 'God is my judge'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Daniel, 'God is my judge'”

Source: Behind the Name: Danila (Italian, feminino) · Behind the Name: Daniel

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People (2022)
11,425
Rank in Brazil
#1,550
Median age
32 years
2010 Census
12,963
people

Danila in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Danila, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (4,356 people).

11,340 women 85 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Danila is most common

States with the highest share of people named Danila in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Bahia 0.009%
  2. Sergipe 0.009%
  3. São Paulo 0.008%
  4. Goiás 0.008%
  5. Alagoas 0.008%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3,4970.008%
Bahia1,3180.009%
Minas Gerais1,3070.006%
Goiás5520.008%
Pernambuco5190.006%
Pará4130.005%
Ceará3800.004%
Rio de Janeiro3710.002%
Paraná3040.003%
Rio Grande do Sul3040.003%
Maranhão2710.004%
Alagoas2410.008%
Sergipe2030.009%
Paraíba2010.005%
Mato Grosso1970.005%
Piauí1910.006%
Santa Catarina1820.002%
Espírito Santo1700.004%
Rio Grande do Norte1580.005%
Distrito Federal1430.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul1240.005%
Amazonas1080.003%
Tocantins1010.007%
Rondônia740.005%
Amapá390.005%
Acre350.004%
Roraima220.004%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Danila

Behind the Name lists Danila as the Italian feminine form of Daniel, from Hebrew Daniyyel, 'God is my judge'; in Russian, the same spelling is a male variant of Daniel. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes Danila as Dani- + -la, and its Morfemário describes Dani- as a part taken from Daniel or Danilo and includes Danila among the traditional names with this element. By decade of birth, the peak is in the 1990s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 11,425 people named Danila, almost always women, with a median age of 32.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Danila (Italian, feminino) · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Daniel · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Danila (russo, masculino) · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Danila · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (DANI-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Danila

What does the name Danila mean?

Danila means “feminine form of Daniel, 'God is my judge'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Danila in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 11,425 people with the first name Danila, which ranks it number 1,550 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Danila a boy's or a girl's name?

Danila is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 11,340 women and 85 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Danila?

Danila is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Danila most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.009% of the state's population is named Danila (1,318 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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