Davyn

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Davyn by the numbers

Davyn was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 47 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Davyn

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 Davyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Devynfawn-like; a modern respelling of Devin313 in the US (2017)
  • Davinbeloved; a form of David146 in the US (2017)
  • Davenbeloved; a modern form of David41 in the US (2017)
  • Davybeloved; diminutive of David22 in the US (2017)
  • Daryn37 in the US (2017)
  • Devonfrom devonshire or the devon valley484 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Davyn

Names that are said the same way as Davyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Daphnelaurel tree390 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Davonbeloved; a modern form of David164 in the US (2017)
  • Dafnelaurel tree; a form of Daphne97 in the US (2017)
  • Davaughnbeloved; a form of David11 in the US (2017)
  • Dayvon26 in the US (2017)
  • Daivon8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Davyn

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