Meaning of the nameDavi

Davi is a male name of Hebrew origin, the Portuguese form of David, derived from doḏ, 'beloved'.

Meaning

“beloved, dear”

Source: Behind the Name: David · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Davi

People (2022): 876,593
Rank in Brazil: #14
Median age: 8 years
2010 Census: 255,976; people

Davi in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Davi, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (498,656 people).

8,175 women 868,418 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Davi is most common

States with the highest share of people named Davi in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Distrito Federal 0.552%
Tocantins 0.525%
Espírito Santo 0.523%
Goiás 0.510%
Minas Gerais 0.493%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	187,055	0.421%
Minas Gerais	101,168	0.493%
Rio de Janeiro	74,033	0.461%
Bahia	62,865	0.445%
Paraná	48,022	0.420%
Rio Grande do Sul	38,420	0.353%
Pernambuco	36,451	0.402%
Goiás	35,981	0.510%
Santa Catarina	33,383	0.439%
Ceará	32,923	0.374%
Pará	32,821	0.404%
Maranhão	27,909	0.412%
Espírito Santo	20,060	0.523%
Mato Grosso	16,976	0.464%
Paraíba	15,798	0.398%
Distrito Federal	15,558	0.552%
Amazonas	15,347	0.389%
Alagoas	12,933	0.414%
Rio Grande do Norte	12,164	0.368%
Mato Grosso do Sul	12,111	0.439%
Piauí	11,500	0.352%
Sergipe	8,234	0.373%
Tocantins	7,938	0.525%
Rondônia	7,101	0.449%
Acre	3,952	0.476%
Amapá	3,276	0.447%
Roraima	2,614	0.411%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Davi

Davi comes from Old Galician-Portuguese, from the Latin Dāvīd, from Greek and from Biblical Hebrew dāwiḏ. Behind the Name links it to doḏ, 'beloved' or 'uncle', and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gives 'dear, beloved'. It is the name of the king of Israel in the Hebrew Bible. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 876,593 people named Davi, most of them born in the 2010s. Davy also appears as a spelling of the same name.

This is the traditional spelling in Portuguese and the most common in the group.

Other spellings of Davi

Spelling	People (2022)
Davi	876,593
Davy	10,338

Sources

Wiktionary: Davi · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: David · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Davi · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning

Questions about the name Davi

What does the name Davi mean?

Davi means “beloved, dear”, according to Behind the Name and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Davi in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 876,593 people with the first name Davi, which ranks it number 14 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Davi a boy's or a girl's name?

Davi is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 8,175 women and 868,418 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Davi?

Davi is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Davi most common?

Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.552% of the state's population is named Davi (15,558 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Davi?

Davy. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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