Daanya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAN-ya
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Daanya is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my judge”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Daanya mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Danya; feminine form linked to Dan and Daniel
“God is my judge”
Also used as a spelling of Arabic Dania 'near', and in Russian as a boys' pet form of Daniil.
Meaning borrowed from Danya. More on Wiktionary.
Is Daanya a girl's or a boy's name?
Daanya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Daanya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Daanya, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Daanya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were given Daanya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,686, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
- Danya 11
- Daanya 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Daanya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
Nicknames for Daanya
- Dani 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Daanya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Arya Aadhya Saanvi Aavya Aarya Navya Kavya Raya Dhriti Dhanvi Anvi
Other spellings of Daanya
Names related to Daanya
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Daanya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/daanya, updated 20 October 2026.