Danica

• Danika

From Slavic female given name, from the Slavic name for the Morning Star (an aspect of the planet Venus).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdænɪkə/

Danica (plural Danicas)

1. A female given name from the Slavic languages.

• Dānica: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdaː.nɪ.ka]
• Dānica: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪aː.ni.ka]
• Dānicā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdaː.nɪ.kaː]
• Dānicā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪aː.ni.ka]

Dānica

1. inflection of Dānicus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Dānicā

1. ablative feminine singular of Dānicus

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьnьnica (“morning star”), from *dьnь (“day”) + *-ьnъ (“-ish”) + *-ica (feminine noun-forming suffix). By surface analysis, dȃn +‎ -ica.

• IPA^(key): /dǎnit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: Da‧ni‧ca

Dànica f (Cyrillic spelling Да̀ница)

1. (uncountable) morning star
2. a female given name

• “Danica”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Danica or Slovene Danica.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɲit͡sa/

Danica f (genitive singular Danice, nominative plural Danice, declension pattern of ulica)

1. a female given name

• Dana, Danka
• Danuľa, Danuľka
• Danuša, Danuška

• “Danica”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025