Meaning of the nameDavir
- Male
- Da-vir
Davir is a male name of uncertain origin that became more frequent among people born from the 2000s on.
Meaning
The meaning of Davir is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 1,583
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,045
- Median age
- 8 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,588
- people
Davir in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Davir, 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 (878 people).
0 women 1,569 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 Davir is most common
States with the highest share of people named Davir in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Maranhão 0.003%
- Pará 0.002%
- Bahia 0.002%
- Pernambuco 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 231 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 228 | 0.003% |
| São Paulo | 158 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 150 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 114 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 86 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 80 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 71 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 67 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 58 | 0.002% |
| Acre | 43 | 0.005% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 41 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 37 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 29 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 27 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 27 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 24 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 20 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 20 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Davir
The origin of the spelling Davir is uncertain and no meaning is documented. It resembles Davi, a name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gives as coming from Latin David, from Greek, of Hebrew origin dawid, 'beloved, dear', but that dictionary does not present Davir as a variant of Davi. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,583 people named Davir, with a median age of 8, almost all of them male, and most were born in the 2010s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Davi · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Davir
What does the name Davir mean?
The meaning of Davir is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Davir in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,583 people with the first name Davir, which ranks it number 6,045 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.
Is Davir a boy's or a girl's name?
Davir is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,569 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Davir most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.003% of the state's population is named Davir (228 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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