Davi
Meaning
"beloved," the Brazilian Portuguese form of David, from the Hebrew Dawid; the shepherd-king's name in the spelling Brazil made its own, one of the country's most given boy names of the 2010s and 2020s
The story
Davi is David as Brazil says it, the Portuguese spelling of the Hebrew Dawid, beloved, the shepherd boy who felled a giant and became a king and a psalmist. In Brazil the name became a phenomenon, ranking among the country's most given boy names through the 2010s and 2020s, part of a broader Brazilian taste for short, warm biblical names. Its American story is younger and quieter: absent from US records until the 1970s, it has climbed steadily ever since, decade over decade, into a strong presence by the 2020s. That climb likely tracks the growth of Portuguese-speaking communities in the United States, though the name needs no translation to work in English. It reads as a fresh, softer take on one of the oldest names in the book, familiar and new at the same time.
Davi around the world
One shared root links 7 names across 3 languages.
Shared root: from Hebrew Dawid "beloved", the shepherd king
The constellation
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Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Davi peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
876,593 people · the #14 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 232 · median age 8
Among people named Davi living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 169,307 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Davi
Most people given the name Davi in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Davi deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Davi truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Davi fits with your family’s names and surname.
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