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Meaning of the nameDayvid

Dayvid is a spelling of the name Daivid.

Meaning

The meaning of Dayvid is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
2,044
Rank in Brazil
#5,039
Median age
20 years
2010 Census
1,300
people

Dayvid in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Dayvid, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (579 people).

0 women 2,032 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 Dayvid is most common

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

  1. Pernambuco 0.004%
  2. Pará 0.002%
  3. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  5. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pernambuco4010.004%
Minas Gerais2400.001%
Rio de Janeiro2120.001%
São Paulo1390.000%
Pará1290.002%
Maranhão990.002%
Paraíba910.002%
Rio Grande do Norte880.003%
Ceará770.001%
Goiás740.001%
Alagoas630.002%
Santa Catarina600.001%
Espírito Santo490.001%
Bahia470.000%
Sergipe450.002%
Paraná410.000%
Piauí370.001%
Amazonas340.001%
Rio Grande do Sul240.000%
Mato Grosso200.001%
Tocantins190.001%

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

The spelling Dayvid

Swaps the I for Y, keeping the ending -vid; it is the second most frequent spelling in the group.

About the name Daivid

Davi comes from Latin David, from Greek and from Hebrew dawid, "beloved, dear", according to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), and David has the same origin, with Deivid among the variants. Wiktionary traces Davi to biblical Hebrew dāwiḏ, via Greek and Latin, and records Deivid as a borrowing of English David used in Brazil. The origin of the spelling Daivid is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,505 people named Daivid, the most common spelling in the group. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.

Other spellings of Daivid

SpellingPeople (2022)
Daivid4,505
Dayvid2,044

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Davi · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: David · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Davi · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  4. Wiktionary: Deivid · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Dayvid

What does the name Dayvid mean?

The meaning of Dayvid is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Dayvid in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,044 people with the first name Dayvid, which ranks it number 5,039 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Dayvid is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,032 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Dayvid most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.004% of the state's population is named Dayvid (401 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Dayvid?

Daivid. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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