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

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