Dävë
given name · Latin script
Dävë is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From English Dave, diminutive of David.
- CACanada≈1 in 836(inferred from the name graph)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 1.1K
- NLNetherlands≈1 in 1.2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #741 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 609 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 836 (inferred from the name graph)
67,929 people, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Canada, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Dave in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From English Dave, diminutive of David.
Sources 5
- A concise dictionary of first names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
- Nordic Names
Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dävë counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #323 | 67,929 | 1 in 4.9K | 68K | Dave | 609 |
| GB United Kingdom | #282 | ≈48,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Dave | 323 |
| CA Canada | #138 | ≈45,000 est. | ≈1 in 836 | 2 | Dave | 321 |
| PH Philippines | #381 | ≈34,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | — | Dave | 149 |
| NL Netherlands | #184 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | 6.6K | Dave | 146 |
| NZ New Zealand | #148 | ≈4,600 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Dave | 163 |
| IE Ireland | #176 | ≈4,100 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Dave | 119 |
67,929 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Dävë mean, and where does it come from?
- From English Dave, diminutive of David. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 3 other sources.
- Is Dävë a male or female name?
- Dävë is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Dävë have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 68 thousand people named Dävë, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dave.
- How common is the name Dävë?
- In the United States, the national register counted 67,929 people named Dävë in 2020, about 1 in 4.9 thousand residents.
- How common is Dävë compared with other names?
- In the United States, Dävë is the 323rd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/d%C3%A4v%C3%ABThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dävë” — the 323rd most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.