Entry № 2302 · French origin

Danielle Danielle — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ dan-YELL /
Gender
Girl
Origin
French
Meaning
"God is my judge (Danielle Steel, 800M+ books sold)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (French)

A name that means "god is my judge (danielle steel, 800m+ books sold)".

Danielle is the French feminine of Daniel — from the Hebrew Daniyyel ("God is my judge"). Danielle Harris — Halloween franchise child star. Danielle Fishel — Topanga on Boy Meets World.

God is my judge. Danielle Steel is the best-selling living author in the world — 800M+ books sold.

The name in its native script.

Danielle
Transliteration
Danielle
Pronunciation
/ ˌdæn.iˈɛl /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Danielle stands.

Danielle 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.

Danielles before her.

Real people
Danielle Steel
American best-selling author.
born 1947
Danielle Brooks
American Oscar-nominated actress.
born 1989
Danielle Panabaker
American actress (The Flash).
born 1987
In fiction
Danielle
Various French literature.

Names connected to Danielle.

The number behind Danielle.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Danielle reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.