Danyila
A Ukrainian name worn only by women in Poland, though its Hebrew root gave the man's name Daniel: "god is my judge". Just 148 carry it and no girls received it last year, so most Poles have never met one.
Danyila Pronunciation
Danyila is pronounced dah-nih-EE-lah (/danɨˈila/).
What Danyila means
Where Danyila comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Danyila reaches back to the Hebrew Daniyyel, "God is my judge." That meaning is not a later gloss. The final syllable, -el, names God, and the claim is built into the word. It belonged first to the prophet Daniel, read in the story of the lions' den.
In Ukrainian the name commonly settles as Danylo, and Danyila stands beside it. History gives it a firm anchor. Danylo Romanovych, remembered as Danylo Halytsky, ruled the kingdom of Rus and was crowned in 1253. A child with this name shares a word once worn by a medieval king.
The sense holds steady from one language to the next. A boy marked present on a class register in Poland answers to a Hebrew sentence in Ukrainian dress.
Short and direct. In Polish the name says "bóg jest moim sędzią."
How many people are named Danyila
1 in 152323 women in Poland is named Danyila. 148 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2666 among female names.