Dontavius

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 18 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
18
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dontavius by the numbers

Dontavius was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 59 babies in 1997, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Dontavius

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.

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