Danica (given name)

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

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