Daniela

Daniela is Daniel in a summer dress. The feminine form dominates across Italy, Spain, Portugal, Romania, and much of Latin America, tracing back through the Hebrew Daniyyel, "God is my judge" — the Babylonian-captive prophet whose book of dream interpretations and lion's den escapes gave the masculine its long career. Daniela entered the US top 1000 in 1973 and has held remarkably steady, now at 279, a multilingual name that never has to be translated. Four flowing syllables, the soft D, the long central A. Romance-language elegance without import fees. A name for a child whose family might span two countries on any given holiday.