Entry № 2304 · Sanskrit origin

Danika Danika — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DAH-nee-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Little donation / gift"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "little donation / gift".

Danika is from the Sanskrit Dānikā.

Little donation / gift — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

दानिका
Transliteration
Dānikā
Pronunciation
/ ˈdɑː.ni.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Danika stands.

Danika 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.

Danikas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bhagavad Gita 17:20-22 3 types of dana / Panchamaha-Yajnas / Anna-Dana
Sanskrit small-donation gift-giving + dāna charity + Dāna Hindu-virtue + Bhagavad Gita 17:20-22 Sāttvika + Rājasika + Tāmasika + Pañca-Mahā-Yajñas five-daily-sacrifices Nṛ-Yajña + Anna-Dāna food-charity
Hindu charity

Names connected to Danika.

The number behind Danika.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Danika reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.