Meaning of the nameDavy

Davy is a spelling of the name Davi, which means “beloved, dear”.

Meaning

“beloved, dear”

Meaning of the name Davi, of which Davy is a spelling.

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

People (2022): 10,338
Rank in Brazil: #1,674
Median age: 7 years
2010 Census: 1,658; people

Davy in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Davy, 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 (6,613 people).

101 women 10,237 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 Davy is most common

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

Tocantins 0.011%
Sergipe 0.009%
Bahia 0.008%
Goiás 0.008%
Espírito Santo 0.007%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,568	0.004%
Minas Gerais	1,278	0.006%
Bahia	1,144	0.008%
Rio de Janeiro	904	0.006%
Goiás	571	0.008%
Pernambuco	559	0.006%
Ceará	456	0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul	427	0.004%
Maranhão	351	0.005%
Paraná	338	0.003%
Pará	329	0.004%
Santa Catarina	287	0.004%
Espírito Santo	274	0.007%
Paraíba	248	0.006%
Sergipe	202	0.009%
Alagoas	196	0.006%
Mato Grosso	175	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	174	0.005%
Tocantins	162	0.011%
Amazonas	149	0.004%
Distrito Federal	145	0.005%
Piauí	136	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	118	0.004%
Rondônia	73	0.005%
Amapá	27	0.004%
Roraima	26	0.004%
Acre	21	0.003%

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

The spelling Davy

Ends in Y; in English, Davy is a diminutive of David, and the names dictionary lists it as a variant of Davi.

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.

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 Davy

What does the name Davy mean?

Davy means “beloved, dear”, according to Behind the Name and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil. This is the meaning of the name Davi, of which Davy is a spelling.

How many people are named Davy in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,338 people with the first name Davy, which ranks it number 1,674 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Davy is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 101 women and 10,237 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Davy?

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

In which Brazilian state is Davy most common?

Proportionally, in Tocantins: 0.011% of the state's population is named Davy (162 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Davy?

Davi. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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