My name is Danica, and it is pronounced "DAH-nii-ca".I really don't mind when people mispronounce my name, I always just correct them and go about my day. I also do not understand why people are getting mad with the pronunciation? Almost every name has a different pronunciation than another one - and I find it pretty normal. Just always ask how to pronounce their names just in case they do mind!
I believe that some of the posters are confusing Zorya denica (morning star) with Danica 9 who is the personification of the evening star). The meaning of the name Danica is Day Star (the evening star). I was born in the late afternoon... I should have been named after this Goddess... The name is pronounced as Da Nee tsa, not DAN-ih-kuh Danica is a name that comes from Russia.
― Anonymous User 8/28/2021
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One of my most favorite names. I love it said "DAN-ih-kuh". Danica is so sassy, spicy, kind, and refined. It is very interesting and not boring at all. Personally, I have no idea why Danica isn't more popular in the USA. But you know, that's perfectly fine. I don't care at all. More Danica for me. Danica and Denisa would be cool twin names in the USA.
I'm Slavic and at first I didn't realise this meant "morning star". The morning star version is pronounced Dah-ni-TS-ah, while I suppose this is pronounced like Danika. Reminds me of the song that goes "Blijedi mjesec zagrlio zvijezdu danicu", which translates to "Pale moon hugged the morning star." A pretty association though. Will be using.
I personally like the pronounced version DAN-I-CAH the best. But hey, each to their own.
― Anonymous User 10/26/2020
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Well, this is my cousin's name. She's Polish, but her dad is Czechoslovakian. Her name is pronounced "Dah-nee-tsa". If people in English speaking countries want say "Dan-ih-kuh" I don't see the problem at all. Names are pronounced differently everywhere. I lived in North America for 3 years for very personal reasons (studied English beforehand, but I'm not perfect at English) and I learned that Anna was pronounced "AN-nuh" not "Awn-nuh". For everyone to know, "Dah-nee-tsa" is the correct and original pronunciation of the name Danica, but if you want to use "Dan-ih-kuh", I guess that's fine too. "PROTECTING Slavic Culture" doesn't help spread it, as a matter of fact, what if Slavs die out one day? Then who will spread the culture? This name can be used by anyone who wants to use it, no matter the pronunciation or where they're from.
I like the pronunciation DAN-in-cuh" the best. "Dah-nee-tsa" is also beautiful, but I like the first pronunciation I listed better. I'd pronounce it either way.
Pronouncing it with -Kha is not disrespectful considering letters are pronounced differently in the English language. Try pronouncing any English name that contains "CH" and you will most likely mispronounce it. To say it's offensive is absurd. Yea we are lazy because we aren't learning how to pronounce words in a non-native language. I feel sorry for Ahmed.
There is NO English pronunciation to my name Danica. When my mother gave birth to me the nurses told her she must give me an American name which is BS. The name she chose and they allowed is actually French. It is pronounced "DA nee tsa". Not Da NI sta, Not Dan I ka.You don't change hispanic, French, Italian Greek or names from other countries so what's the issue? The English language is the most complicated language to learn. So using the EXCUSE of not being able to pronounce "DA ni tsa" is BS!
Those telling us to "move on" are just LAZY. I got TIRED of correcting people most of my life! Maybe this means that certain Slavs should PROTECT their culture and identity!
― Anonymous User 1/13/2020
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This name is really beautiful and interesting to me: strong, but very "feminine" at the same time, gorgeous meaning, spelling that looks familiar even though the name is not commonly used. In the US I would expect it to be pronounced: "DANika" and would probably get a little annoyed by the "DanEka" pronunciation, but; I also quite like the traditional "DanE-tsa" pronounciation. I adore "Nica" and "Dani" as nicknames.
I have very rarely encountered other people with the name Danica pronounced Dah-nee-ka. It's my name, and I'm the only one anywhere in my area with it. I love the name and the history behind it. However, as mentioned before, people rarely pronounce it the way my name is pronounced, and it can get frustrating.
The name Danica is originally Slavic and in all Slavic countries like Croatia, Czech Republic, Serbia etc. it is pronounced Dah-nee-tsa but Americans adapted it and pronounce it according to English language rules (Dah-nee-kha or similar) and I have nothing against it. This name means Morning star (we call Morning star Danica). :) [noted -ed]
Danica sounds beautiful and womanly, and is a name anyone would be blessed to have. If you would like a beautiful daughter, name her Danica.
― Anonymous User 5/7/2018
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Danica Lee is a young voice actress known for her role as the main character Ming-Mind Duckling from Wonder Pets.
― Anonymous User 12/17/2017
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The name Danica was given to 320 girls born in the US in 2016. More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Danica are female.
― Anonymous User 6/7/2017
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My name is Danica and the way my mother intended for my name to be pronounced is Duh-knee-kah. I understand there are many pronunciations that may be used for my name, that does not change the fact that it is immensely bothersome to me to hear my name mispronounced (by my standards) especially since it has been for as long as I can remember.
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My name is Danica (Dan-ih-ka) and I live in the U.S. Most people here pronounce it Dawn-ih-ka or Duh-nee-ka. I correct them and we move on. I know the origin of the name is Slavic (My family is Croatian), but I don't think pronouncing it this way as opposed to Daneetza is rude or wrong. It's the same way as with other names, like Leslie (Les-ly versus Lez-ly). I used to hate my name when I was younger because I'm a very shy person and my name brought me a lot of attention. Over the years, I've learned to appreciate the beauty of the name and explaining it's background to others. I think it's completely okay to pronounce it any way that the owner intended it to be pronounced. Just because it was originally pronounced one way doesn't mean it can't change or differ, that happens in life. Neither my family nor I (nor any Croatians I spoke to when I visited Croatia) find it disrespectful to pronounce it the way we do. Americans don't especially deal with accents and it would've caused more problems than it could make up for in history.
― Anonymous User 9/13/2016
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My name is Danica and I'm from Croatia. The name is slavic and it is not pronounced with -kah. It is Da-nee-TSA. If it were -kah then it'd say DaniKa not DaniCa. It's a bit stupid and disrespectful from my point of view to say it wrong just because -kah matches your language pronunciation. It's the same as mispronouncing Japanese, French or any other "weird" name and thinking it's okay just because you can't say it right. For eg. Michael here is Majkl. Would any Michael want me to write down his name as Majkl? Of course not. I feel the same when I have to teach people how to pronounce my name..
I love this name and if I ever have a girl it's my number one choice. My mother's family is Serbian so we would pronounce it the way I've always heard it, Dah-nee-tsah. My husband worries about a lifetime of correcting people who pronounce it Dan-i-kah. With the ridiculous name trends of late I have a feeling that she won't be the only one correcting people's pronunciation. Or I could go full American and name her "Dawnytza". I am kidding, that is awful.
― Anonymous User 8/6/2016
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My name is Danica. But it's pronounced Dawn-eh-tsah. Emphasis on the dawn with a short "e" sound that sounnds more like "eh" than an "ee" tone. :)Dawn-eh-tsahBackground is Slovenian.
My name is Danaka. I have never met someone with the same spelling. It is always prounced weird da-noka or da-nika. I love my name- it suits me very well I think, and it is a very different, beautiful name.
A female name origination from ancient Slavic mythology. Before Christianity came to the Slavs of Eastern Europe, the deity Danica was prayed to in the early morning when she was said to appear in the dawn sky as the first star, or morning star. Danica was associated with the sun and was thought to be the sun's younger sister. With the expansion of monotheism "Danica" became less associated with the deity and came to become a common girl name, holding the literal translation-"morning star." This meaning is connected with the name Danica properly pronounced Dah-nee-tza. Its original spelling was in Cyrillic, and is a popular name throughout Serbia, and countries of the former Yugoslavia.
In English language pronounced "dah-NI-kah" or "dah-nee-kah".
― Anonymous User 6/25/2011
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It is a very... uneducated sounding name, especially when pronounced "Dan-Ih-Kah." Among the other atrocities of the world "Danica" is truly a Heaven-sent. I will not go as far as to state it unprofessional (borderline, though), but it is very geriatric and childish (a name that will never grow with the woman), perhaps even ugly-- nearly "kre8tiv" made-up sounding in English/American usage. As strange as this may seem... "Danic" ("a" excluded) is visually pleasing (never a given name, please).
A main character in Amelia Atwater-Rhodes books (Hawksong especially) is Danica Shardae. I think in the books its pronounced 'Dan-ee-ka' or something like that...
'Zvijezda Danica' is a Slavic phrase for 'morning star'. Also, in Slavic mythology, Danica was the personification of the Morning star, the Slavic equivalent of Venus.
― Anonymous User 6/28/2010
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Czech and Slovak pronunciation is dah-nyee-tsah (shortly).
When pronounced correctly (dah-nee-tsah), Danica is a gorgeous, sophisticated, magical and beautiful name. I love the meaning. I like the connection to Venus and "morning star" sounds so poetic. Danica and Chaska have to be my favourite "Venus" names. However, I really don't like the way anglophones pronounce it (da-nuh-kuh), or the spelling Danika. I feel they butcher such a beautiful Slavic name. I'd only ever pronounced Danica dah-nee-tsah.
― Anonymous User 12/29/2009
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In Slavic languages, this name is always pronounced DAH-ni-tsah (all syllables are short).
This name is not Czech (doesn't mean that it can't be used among Czechs, of course), but it's definitely of Slavic origin. As such, it should only be pronounced dah-neets-ah. If you want it right, that is.
This is a pretty first name for a girl with the last name Morgenstern; "Morning Star Morning Star" (I am serious and I like that), and a good middle name would have been Zahra ("Bright"). One other idea; if the father is named Daniel and the mother Monica, this would have been a wonderful name for their little girl.
My sister's name is Danica, but I recently discovered it has an association with the Devil. The quote came from www.wikipedia.org.Lucifer is a Latin word meaning "light-bearer" (from lux, lucis, "light", and ferre, "to bear, bring"), a Roman astrological term for the "Morning Star", the planet Venus. The word Lucifer was the direct translation of the Greek eosphorus ("dawn-bearer"; cf. Greek phosphorus, "light-bearer") used by Jerome in the Vulgate, having mythologically the same meaning as Prometheus who brought fire to humanity.
My name's Danica. I live in the UK, and I pronounce it DAN-i-kah. (Though I wouldn't say there was obvious emphasis on any of the syllables really) There seems to be a great range of differing pronunciations for this name. I derived this username, Weaponstar, from the meaning "morning star", because a morning star is also a medieval weapon (a bit like a mace).
I like this name a lot! Very different and sweet sounding. I would name my daughter Danica or Danika. I think I prefer the c in the name better though. Looks better to me.
― Anonymous User 6/22/2006
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This name, according to the Serbian script, is pronounced dah-nee-tsa. This is a very pretty name IMO. I love the meaning of it too.
It's not a Czech name. If it would be a Czech name a pronunciation would be DAh-nee-tsah (all short).
― Anonymous User 1/19/2006
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Danica is Czech. I would know. My name is Danica and I live in the Czech Capital of Oklahoma (Yukon). The pronunciation of Danica varies depending on the person. My pronunciation is Dan-i-kuh. It's fairly uncommon. I've come across only a few "Danica's." Although I grew up hating it, I've grown to adore my name.
I've heard "Danica" pronounced two different ways: "dan-ika" and "daw-nika." It's a very pretty name; I like it a lot. It is also the first name of the main character of Hawksong by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes.
My name is Danica. It is pronounced Da-nik-a. I have seen some discussion on the pronunciation of it and I wanted to add my two cents. I rarely get someone who can appropriately pronounce my name unless they are European. Most Americans pronounce it Dan-eeka.