Davíð

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Davíð is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Iceland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David.

rarermore common
  • ISIceland1 in 335(measured from records)
  • DKDenmark1 in 652K
  • SESweden1 in 1.7M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Iceland (measured from records)

1,047 people, 2026

Sources
35 (measured from records)

Reference-verified

1 in 335 (inferred from the name graph)

Iceland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Davið in DK Denmark.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Davíð 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.

Where Davíð is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IS Iceland#2791,0471 in 3351KDavíð35
DK Denmark—91 in 652K9Davið8
SE Sweden—61 in 1.7M6—1
FO Faroe Islands———5—3

1,047 people counted by Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry), 2026. 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: Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Hagstova Føroya — Given names, living population (PX-Web, 2024). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Davíð is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Davið

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Davið

11 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Davíð Stefánsson, b. 1895Davíð Oddsson, b. 1948Davíð Þór Jónsson, b. 1965Davíð Stefánsson, b. 1973Davíð Viðarsson, b. 1984Davíð Hildiberg Aðalsteinsson, b. 1990Davíð Örn Atlason, b. 1994Davíð Bjarni Björnsson, b. 1998

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Davíð
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IS IcelandÞjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry)20261K—
IS IcelandHagstofa — population register names 202320231K#30
IS IcelandStatistics Iceland — Names (1703–present)—1K#30
IS IcelandHagstofa Íslands — Given-name frequency by population (2005)2005958#28
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—9#7,461
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—6#43,101
IS IcelandMannanafnaskrá — official register of approved personal names———

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Davíð mean, and where does it come from?
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Davíð a male or female name?
Davíð 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.
What are other forms of the name Davíð?
In the etymology graph, David, Dave and Davi are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Davíð have the most bearers?
In Iceland, the national register counted about 1.0 thousand people named Davíð, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled davíð.
Where is Davíð most common?
Davíð is densest in Iceland, where the national register counts about 1 in 335 people carrying it.
How common is the name Davíð?
In Iceland, the national register counted 1,047 people named Davíð in 2026, about 1 in 335 residents.
How common is Davíð compared with other names?
In Iceland, Davíð is the 279th most common given name of 3,704 given names recorded there.

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curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/dav%C3%AD%C3%B0

The 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, “Davíð” — the 279th most common given name in Iceland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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