Around the world, Davenport (Davenport 
, Давенпорт 
, דבנפורט 
) is a very rare mostly boy's, but infrequently girly forename. The given name Davenport is characteristic of Northern America, particularly the United States, where it is a very rare dominantly boy's, but seldom female name. Much more frequently, Davenport is the last name as well as the forename.
Davenport is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Davenport , the character in the television drama La Femme Nikita.
| humphrey davenport English judge (b. 1566) |
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| davies davenport British Member of Parliament (1757-1837) (b. 1757) |
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| barnett davenport (b. 1760) |
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| allen davenport Davenport, Allen (1775–1846), radical (b. 1775) |
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milla davenport Sicily-born American actress (1871-1936), US (b. 1871) |
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| bennett franklin davenport American sanitary chemist, US (b. 1845) |
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roy m. davenport United States admiral, US (b. 1909) |
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lee davenport American physicist, US (b. 1915) |
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| sir henry edward davenport (1866-1941), public servant (b. 1866) |
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wallace davenport American musician, US (b. 1925) |
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| sumner godfrey davenport (b. 1877) |
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| carson davenport American painter, US (b. 1908) |
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| demorest davenport biologist (b. 1911) |
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| pembroke davenport (b. 1911) |
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| dudley davenport (b. 1919) |
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