Danira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- dah-NEE-rah
- Origin
- Slavic
Danira is a girls' name of Slavic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Danira come from?
Slavic: Croatian and Bosnian name, perhaps from Slavic dan 'day'
Is Danira a girl's or a boy's name?
Danira is a girls' name.
How popular is Danira in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Danira in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Danira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
Names like Danira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anika Dayana Dasha Dhara Ivanka Anaya Prisha Aisha Isha Radhika Divisha Armani
Names related to Danira
More Slavic names
Mila Milan Vera Mira Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Danira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/danira, updated 20 October 2026.