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Greetings,
Here's the information we have on the Irish name you're looking for.
You said you wanted a name which means "judge from God," which you found to be the translation of your mundane name "Danielle." There's no name with even a similar meaning in Irish. Names involving God or the names of gods not generally used in Irish. In any case, we advise against choosing a name based on the meaning. In general, parents do not choose names based on their meanings, even in modern Western cultures where books listing meanings of names are widely available. For example, few parents name their daughters "Danielle" because they think the girls are divine judges.
Incidentally, the name sources we found say that the meaning of "Daniel" is "God is my judge" or "God has judged." (1,2)
Although we can't help you find a name of the type you're looking for, we have a list of Irish women's names from the 11th and 12th centuries at
http://www.itd.umich.edu/~ximenez/s.gabriel/docs/irish-obrien.html
We had more success with your surname. The Irish word for "midwife" is "Cnáimsech." Although few Irish bynames refer to a person's occupation, there are enough that it's reasonable to believe that a person could have been called "<given name> Cnáimsech."
Talan Gwynek, Rouland Carre, Tangwystl verch Morgant Glasvryn, Effric neyn Kenyeoch vc Ralte, Lindorm Eriksson, Daniel de Lincoln, Margaret Makafee, Zenobia Naphtali, and Arval D'Espas Nord contributed to this letter.
We hope this has been helpful, and that we can continue to assist you.
In service,
Alan Fairfax
Academy of S. Gabriel
(1) Withycombe, E. "Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names."
(2) Reaney & Wilson, "Dictionary of British Surnames."