Danielle
The French feminine of Daniel, tracing back to Hebrew for "god is my judge". In Poland it stays a form-filling name, not a calendar one: most Poles will never meet a Danielle, and only a couple hundred carry it.
Danielle Pronunciation
Danielle is pronounced dah-NYEL-le (/daˈɲɛllɛ/).
What Danielle means
Where Danielle comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Danielle is the French feminine form of Daniel, a name that goes back to the Hebrew Daniyyel. Its meaning stays blunt: god is my judge. The root belongs to the prophet of the Book of Daniel, the man kept safe among the lions, and French shaped it toward a daughter by adding the final letters.
It traveled well. Through the second half of the twentieth century Danielle grew common among English speakers, while in France it had already settled as a familiar choice. The two traditions, English and French, met in the same six letters, and the pronunciation shifted depending on which side of the Channel you stood on.
A Polish reader will meet Danielle on an official form at the urząd more often than in a parish register. What holds firm under every accent is the Hebrew claim behind it: god is my judge.
How many people are named Danielle
1 in 84434 women in Poland is named Danielle. 269 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1857 among female names.
Danielle's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Danielle as a middle name
Danielle is a first name for 269 women in Poland and a middle name for another 115, a 70/30 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 614th, between Chiara (115) and Dorothy (115).
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#612 Arkadia115
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#613 Chiara115
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#614 Danielle115
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#615 Dorothy115
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#616 Marion115