Type Word Usage Old Slavic (Hypothetical) Scripts дьньница(Church Slavic) Meaning & History Slavic word meaning "morning star, Venus" [1]. Related ItemsDetails Given Name DescendantsDenica, Denitsa(Bulgarian) Danica(Croatian) Danica, Danika(English) Danica(Macedonian) Danica(Serbian) Danica(Slovak) Danica(Slovene) Sources & References Trubachyov, Oleg. Etimologicheskiy Slovar Slavyanskikh Yazykov (vol. 5). Moscow, 1974-, page 214.