Davina

What Davina means

Feminine form of David, meaning “beloved”

feminine form of David || From Middle English David, Davyd, Davyde, from Old English Dauid, David, from Late Latin Dāvīd, from Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d), from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ, literally “beloved”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Davina” (revision 90620991) and “David” (revision 94538720), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Davina?

US: Rising: up from #1170 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1114 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 541 girls got the name (#562 that year). First in the US records in 1916.

How common

• About 1 in 4,428 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,277 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.07 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.76 per 1,000 girls), KS (0.59 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Davina is #749 in the US and #763 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Davina were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the UK pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Divina42 US
• Devina29 US
• Davani12 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Davina

Girls

• Ruth#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 26,102 babies; 1,781 in 2025
• Ariella#174Form of Ariel, meaning “lion of God”^*
• Salem#435Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,425 in 2015, #435 in 2025
• Elsie#123Diminutive of Alison, meaning “of noble kind”^*
• Mara#587“bitterness”^*
• Ari#614“lion”^*

For a brother

• Ira#819“watchful”^*
• Amos#730“to carry; a burden”^*
• Raphael#394“God cures/has healed”^*
• Salem#679Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #679 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Shiloh#278Editor’s note Used for both: 53% of US babies named Shiloh in 2025 were boys
• Elliott#160“my God is Yahweh”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Davina’s. Rank is US 2025.