Davina
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A female given name from Hebrew, a feminine form of David
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dɑˈvinə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Davina is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 45K(measured from records)
- BRBrazil1 in 45K
- CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 5.7K
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.
- Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 169 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈18,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Congo - Kinshasa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(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)
Female form of David, from Hebrew dawid 'beloved'.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Davina is read(measured from records)
Davina is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English61%
A female given name from Hebrew, a feminine form of David.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Portuguese13%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Davina in Portuguese.
- French7.6%
- Spanish5.3%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Davina in Spanish.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Davina, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Davina 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #762 | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.7K | — | Davina | 11 |
| US United States | — | 7,440 | 1 in 45K | 7.4K | Davina | 169 |
| BR Brazil | — | 4,730 | 1 in 45K | 6.1K | Davina | 60 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 17K | 3 | Davina | 51 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 36K | 2K | — | 1 |
| GY Guyana | — | 80 | 1 in 9.4K | 80 | — | — |
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: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Davina is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, ) Davinia: weibl. Vom., eng lische, besonders schottische Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Scottish and English: Latinate feminine form of DAVID . The name seems to have originated in Scotland, and is occasionally elaborated to Davinia , on the model of LAVINIA . The more straightforward feminine Davida is considerably less frequent.
as a word
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)
- Davina Whitehouseb. 1912NZNew Zealand actor (1912-2002)
- Davina Craigb. 1914GBBritish actress (1914-1983)
- Davina Bellingb. 1940film producer
- Davina Delorb. 1952FRFrench television presenter
- Davinab. 1965USAmerican musician
- Davina McCallb. 1967GBEnglish television presenter
- Tanni Grey-Thompsonb. 1969GBnot in their usual nameWelsh wheelchair racer and parliamentarian (born 1969)
- Davina Lewisb. 1977GBnoblewoman; elder daughter of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
- Davina Itoob. 1983MUMauritian writer
- Davina Waddyb. 1996NZNew Zealand rower
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)
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 83 sources across 49 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 7.4K | #3,008 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 6.1K | #2,942 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 4.7K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 4.7K | #2,844 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 2K | #1,596 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 363 | — |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 80 | #514 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 74 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 31 | #2,844 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 10 | #3,008 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 3 | #790 |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2002 | 3 | #339 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 are other forms of the name Davina?
- In the etymology graph, Davida, Davinia and Davena are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Where does the name Davina come from?
- Female form of David, from Hebrew dawid 'beloved'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- Is Davina a male or female name?
- Davina is a female 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.
- How do you pronounce Davina?
- A machine transcription gives /dɑˈvinə/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Davina mean?
- In English, A female given name from Hebrew, a feminine form of David.
- In which country does Davina have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 18 thousand people named Davina in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled davina.
- How common is the name Davina?
- In the United States, the national register counted 7,440 people named Davina in 2020, about 1 in 45 thousand residents.
- How common is Davina compared with other names?
- In Congo - Kinshasa, Davina is the 762nd most common given name of 20,652 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Davina?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/davinaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Davina” — the 762nd most common given name in Congo - Kinshasa. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.