Dania

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Дания in RU Russia, US United States, KZ Kazakhstan and 6 more, Данія in UA Ukraine, Dânia in FR France and Daniya in IN India.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Dania is also recorded as 9 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name58K records spelled Dania32 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Russia

  Languages: English, German

  Also written Da'Nia, Dânia, Dãnia, Ďáņįa, Dânïa

• Indonesian given name10K records spelled Dania5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia

  Also written 'Dania, Dania', Dânia

• a separate name3.1K records spelled Dania5 spellings in the group

  Also written Dánia, Danià, Dânia, Daniä

• Polish name494 records spelled Dania4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Tunisia, United Kingdom, Poland

  Also written Denmark, Dañia, Dáńîä

• Hebrew given name173 records spelled Dania9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, United States, Lebanon, Ukraine

  Also written דניה, דאניה, דאניא, Danya, Denia

• a separate name165 records spelled Dania2 spellings in the group

  Also written Dânia

• Bangla surname159 records spelled Dania9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia

  Also written দুনিয়া, Duniya, দূনিয়া, দানিয়া, দনিয়া

• a separate name151 records spelled Dania2 spellings in the group

  Also written Dãňįå

• a separate name111 records spelled Dania2 spellings in the group

  Also written Danià

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Dania is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Dania kan vara en kortform av slaviska namn som innehåller namnelementet Dan-, -dan eller en femininform till → Dan. Namnet gavs också under 1800-talets senare hälft i Sverige, då kanske som en symbol för Danmark (jfr → Dana).

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In English, city, FL

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In French, Forme féminine ou variante de Daniel, du hébreu Daniyyel « Dieu est mon juge »; fêtée le 11 décembre.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Variante de Danielle ou prénom slave; souvent rattaché à Daniel, « Dieu est mon juge ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In Swahili, alternative form of dhania (“coriander”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 81 years between 1916–2014. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Dania Krupskab. 1923USAmerican dancer and choreographer
• Daniya Nurullinab. 1946RUnot in their usual nameSoviet and Russian Tatar theater worker, actress
• Dania Cericolab. 1959ITItalian actress and voice actress
• Dania Espaevab. 1961KZKazakh politician
• Dania Khatibb. 1973LBLebanese musician
• Dania Ramirezb. 1979DODominican actress
• Dania Princeb. 1980HNHonduran model
• Dania Obratovb. 1997HRDutch luger (former Croatian)
• Dania Ben Sassib. 1998LYLibyan singer
• Az Zahra Putri Daniab. 2004IDIndonesian badminton player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 763 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Dania?

We estimate roughly 26 thousand people bear Dania (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Dania have the most bearers?

Dania is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled дания.

Where is Dania most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Dania is densest in Kazakhstan — about 1 in 4.4 thousand people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Dania compared with other names?

In Russia, Dania is the 388th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

What does the name Dania mean?

Recorded meaning: sting; bite. wrathful; jealous; doesn’t forgive and forget enemies.