Davina
Meaning
feminine form of David that originated in Scotland (Hebrew "beloved" or "uncle")
The story
Davina is the feminine form of David that, Behind the Name notes, originated in Scotland, carrying David's Hebrew root, "beloved", with "uncle" the honest second reading. The two hemispheres tell opposite stories with the same name. Brazil's census holds about 4,700 Davinas with a median age of 68, about 1,250 of them born in the 1950s alone and only a few dozen a decade arriving since the 1990s. The American record runs the other way: a scattered handful before midcentury, about 670 in the 1960s, about 1,800 in the 1970s, a long plateau, then about 2,200 in the 2010s and about 2,800 so far this decade, already more than any completed decade in the record. Beloved at both ends of the century and in both hemispheres, just never at the same moment.
Davina 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. Davina peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
4,730 people · the #2,844 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 43,478 · median age 68
Among people named Davina living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1950s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 74 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Davina
Most people given the name Davina in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Davina deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Davina 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 Davina fits with your family’s names and surname.
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