Entry № 2299 · Slavic origin

Danica Danica — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DAH-nee-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Slavic
Meaning
"Morning star (iconic Danica Patrick NASCAR pioneer)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Slavic)

A name that means "morning star (iconic danica patrick nascar pioneer)".

Danica is from the Slavic danica (morning star, Venus). Princess Danica — Slavic heritage naming.

Morning star (Slavic).

The name in its native script.

Даница
Transliteration
Danica
Pronunciation
/ ˈdɑː.nɪ.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Danica stands.

Danica does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Danicas before her.

Real people
Danica Patrick
Iconic NASCAR + IndyCar pioneer.
born 1982
Danica McKellar
Iconic Wonder Years + UCLA mathematician.
born 1974
In fiction
Danica
Slavic morning star.

Names connected to Danica.

The number behind Danica.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Danica reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.