Dava
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.
Dava by the numbers
Dava was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 50 babies in 1954, making it a 1950s name.
What we can tell you about Dava
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dava. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- DanaGod is my judge308 in the US (2017)
- Daracompassion, kindness30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dayacompassion; kindness30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Davybeloved; diminutive of David22 in the US (2017)
- Divagoddess; a female opera singer7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Devadivine being, god or goddess7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Dava
Names that are said the same way as Dava, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Dayva6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Dava
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