Danica ( Cyrillic: Даница) is a Slavic feminine given name. The name means "morning star" and originates from the personification of the morning star ( Venus) in Slavic mythology.
Notable people
- Danica Baričević (born 1972), Australian-born Croatian politician
- Danica Crnogorčević, singer of ethno and religious songs and a graduate art historian from Montenegro
- Danica Krstajić, tennis player from Montenegro
- Danica Lee, American actress, best known for voicing Ming-Ming on Wonder Pets!
- Danica, Hereditary Princess of Serbia, Serbian graphic designer and wife of Hereditary Prince Philip
- Danica McKellar, American actress and mathematician, best known for her role as Winnie Cooper on the TV show The Wonder Years
- Danica Patrick, American race car driver
- Danica Rice, Canadian sprint kayaker
- Danica Roem, American politician and journalist
- Danica Seleskovitch (1921–2001), French conference interpreter, teacher and academic writer
- Danica Taylor (born 2001), English television personality
- Danica Thrall, English glamour model and reality television personality
- Danica Wu, Canadian soccer player
- Elvira Dolinar (pen name Danica, 1870–1961), Slovenian feminist writer
Fictional
- Danica Maupoissant, from the Forgotten Realms fictional world of Dungeons and Dragons
- Danica Shardae, the protagonist and narrator of Amelia Atwater-Rhodes's fantasy novel Hawksong
- Danica Talos, a vampire character from the 2004 film Blade: Trinity
See also
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Danica ( Cyrillic: Даница) is a Slavic feminine given name. The name means "morning star" and originates from the personification of the morning star ( Venus) in Slavic mythology.
Notable people
- Danica Baričević (born 1972), Australian-born Croatian politician
- Danica Crnogorčević, singer of ethno and religious songs and a graduate art historian from Montenegro
- Danica Krstajić, tennis player from Montenegro
- Danica Lee, American actress, best known for voicing Ming-Ming on Wonder Pets!
- Danica, Hereditary Princess of Serbia, Serbian graphic designer and wife of Hereditary Prince Philip
- Danica McKellar, American actress and mathematician, best known for her role as Winnie Cooper on the TV show The Wonder Years
- Danica Patrick, American race car driver
- Danica Rice, Canadian sprint kayaker
- Danica Roem, American politician and journalist
- Danica Seleskovitch (1921–2001), French conference interpreter, teacher and academic writer
- Danica Taylor (born 2001), English television personality
- Danica Thrall, English glamour model and reality television personality
- Danica Wu, Canadian soccer player
- Elvira Dolinar (pen name Danica, 1870–1961), Slovenian feminist writer
Fictional
- Danica Maupoissant, from the Forgotten Realms fictional world of Dungeons and Dragons
- Danica Shardae, the protagonist and narrator of Amelia Atwater-Rhodes's fantasy novel Hawksong
- Danica Talos, a vampire character from the 2004 film Blade: Trinity
See also
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.