Meaning of the nameDavid

David is a male name of Hebrew origin, from dāwiḏ, meaning 'beloved', and it is also the name of King David in the Bible.

Meaning

“beloved”

Source: Wiktionary: David · Behind the Name: David

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People (2022): 228,894
Rank in Brazil: #138
Median age: 19 years
2010 Census: 174,957; people

David in the 2022 Census

People with the first name David, 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 (62,500 people).

1,550 women 227,344 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 David is most common

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

Sergipe 0.172%
Amazonas 0.156%
Paraíba 0.148%
Alagoas 0.144%
Amapá 0.137%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	55,298	0.125%
Minas Gerais	19,514	0.095%
Rio de Janeiro	19,071	0.119%
Bahia	16,728	0.118%
Pernambuco	11,990	0.132%
Paraná	11,358	0.099%
Ceará	10,450	0.119%
Pará	9,169	0.113%
Maranhão	8,048	0.119%
Rio Grande do Sul	6,987	0.064%
Goiás	6,775	0.096%
Santa Catarina	6,457	0.085%
Amazonas	6,156	0.156%
Paraíba	5,861	0.148%
Rio Grande do Norte	4,516	0.137%
Alagoas	4,509	0.144%
Sergipe	3,794	0.172%
Piauí	3,713	0.114%
Distrito Federal	3,660	0.130%
Espírito Santo	3,551	0.093%
Mato Grosso	3,254	0.089%
Mato Grosso do Sul	2,567	0.093%
Rondônia	1,489	0.094%
Tocantins	1,308	0.087%
Amapá	1,006	0.137%
Acre	855	0.103%
Roraima	810	0.127%

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

About the name David

Wiktionary gives David as a name that comes ultimately from Biblical Hebrew dāwiḏ, literally 'beloved', and Behind the Name links it to Hebrew dod, 'beloved' or 'uncle'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, citing Machado (1981), traces the path from Latin David to Greek Dauíd and Hebrew, and notes that the spelling allows both the English pronunciation, Deivid, and the pronunciation Davi. For Wiktionary, Davi and Deivid are parallel forms of the same etymon. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 228,894 people named David, with a median age of 19; the name has the most records among people born in the 2010s and, proportionally, is most common in Sergipe.

Sources

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

Questions about the name David

What does the name David mean?

David means “beloved”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named David in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 228,894 people with the first name David, which ranks it number 138 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

David is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,550 women and 227,344 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name David?

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

In which Brazilian state is David most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.172% of the state's population is named David (3,794 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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