MEANING & HISTORY
What does Danielle mean?
Danielle is the French feminine counterpart of Daniel. The Hebrew name behind Daniel is interpreted as God is my judge.
French spelling supplies the elle ending; it does not independently add beautiful or little to the Hebrew meaning. Danielle entered English and Philippine naming as a complete personal name with this documented language relationship.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ˈdejnijel/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈd̪eɪ̯.ɲɛl]Standard-Tagalog
- /ˈdejnijel/no palatal assimilation
- [ˈd̪eɪ̯.n̪jɛl]no palatal assimilation
Da · ni · elle3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Danielle, from French Danielle, the feminine form of Daniel.
a female given name from English
Wiktionary: Danielle (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from French Danielle, the feminine form of Daniel.
A female given name from French, masculine equivalent Daniel.
Wiktionary: Danielle (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Danielle
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Danielle Castaño
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Danielle Castaño
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Danielle in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Danielle
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Daniella♀Feminine form of Daniel; God is my judge
- Arielle♀French form of Ariel; lion of God
- Daniel♂God is my judge
- Janelle♀God is gracious; Jane with -elle
- Marielle♀French familiar form of Marie
- Camille♀French form of the Roman Camilla and Camillus family
- Carmelle·Carmel-name form; garden
- Danilo♂Form of Daniel; God is my judge
What rhymes with Danielle?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Danielle further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q18040452 — Danielle (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Danielle Castaño (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18040452 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Danielle (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Danielle (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Danielle (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Wiktionary: Daniel (English) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted underlying source-name etymology supporting the stated formation or root.