Davide

given name · Latin script

Meaning: David (biblical character)

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

/davide/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Davide is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country, where it is the 19th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • ITItaly≈1 in 228(inferred from the name graph)
  • CHSwitzerland≈1 in 1.9K
  • PTPortugal≈1 in 4.5K

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.

Italy (inferred from the name graph)

≈270,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
265 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 228 (inferred from the name graph)

Italy, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

DavideLatin(measured from records)
ДавидеCyrillic(measured from records)

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)

David (biblical character)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Davide 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 Davide is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy#19≈270,000 est.≈1 in 2281.5KDavide265
CH Switzerland#200≈4,300 est.≈1 in 1.9K30Davide106
DE Germany—≈3,800 est.≈1 in 21K—Davide143
FR France—≈2,400 est.≈1 in 28K430Davide229
PT Portugal#368≈2,300 est.≈1 in 4.5KlistedDavide86
ES Spain—1,6011 in 31K1.6KDavide93
BE Belgium—≈1,000 est.≈1 in 11K5Davide70
MD Moldova—5381 in 6.3K538——

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: ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); the pt-irn-lista-nomes register; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); e-services.md — living population register. 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)

Davide is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian given name28 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Croatia, Russia, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Polish, Croatian

    Also written Давиде, Давіде, Давидэ, Dávide, Dåvîde

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written David-E

  • Hindi given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Sinhala

    Also written Davidè, Davidë, Dàvìdè

  • Turkish given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Türkiye, Spain, United States

    Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Uzbek

    Also written Dävīdė, Davidë

  • Swahili given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Kenya, United States, South Africa

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

    Also written Dàvìdè

  • a separate given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom

    Also written Dãvïdë, D⃣a⃣v⃣i⃣d⃣e⃣

37 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Davide is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Italian, Dall'ebraico Dāwīd, 'amato'.

    as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

  • In Italian, forma ital. de David

    as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

  • Amato

    as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000Davide Ghirlandaio, b. 1452David Rizzio, b. 1533Davide Ferrario, b. 1956Davide Ballardini, b. 1964Davide Rebellin, b. 1971Davide Astori, b. 1987Davide Santon, b. 1991Davide Zappacosta, b. 1992Davide Calabria, b. 1996Davide Frattesi, b. 1999

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalCiao Davide,Hi Davide, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 82 sources across 39 countries.

Official registers attesting Davide
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—1.6K#2,060
IT ItalyISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)20241.5K#25
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—1.4K#993
MD Moldovae-services.md — living population register—538#444
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2016430#2,458
PT PortugalIRN — Lista de Nomes Próprios admitidos———

Reference works 5

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname 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 Davide mean, and where does it come from?
David (biblical character) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Davide have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 273 thousand people named Davide in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled davide.
How do you pronounce Davide?
A machine transcription gives /davide/ (IPA) for Italian.
Is Davide a male or female name?
Davide 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 Davide?
In the etymology graph, David, Dave and Davi are forms of the same name in other languages.
How common is the name Davide?
In Spain, the national register counted 1,601 people named Davide, about 1 in 31 thousand residents.
How common is Davide compared with other names?
In Italy, Davide is the 19th most common given name of 102,667 given names recorded there.

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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, “Davide” — the 19th most common given name in Italy. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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