Danielle

Where Danielle comes from

Borrowed from French Danielle, the feminine form of Daniel.
— Wiktionary's entry for Danielle
  • French
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1917
    Danielle Darrieux born
    French actress and singer
  2. 1937
    First appearance
    #2,940 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1947
    Danielle Steel born
    American writer
  4. 1987
    Peak, #14
    17,010 babies named Danielle — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1997
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #34.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French, masculine equivalent Daniel.
Namesakes
  • Danielle Steel · American writer, born 1947
  • Danielle Darrieux · French actress and singer, 1917–2017
  • Danielle Panabaker · American actress, born 1987
  • Danielle Harris · American actress, born 1977
  • Danielle Campbell · American actress, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.