Dovid
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning beloved; variant spelling of David.
Dovid by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Dovid. In the US, 108 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 124 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from David
Like Dovid, each of these traces back to David: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Dawsonson of David2,068 in the US (2017)
- Daxtonson of David; a modern patronymic form992 in the US (2017)
- Davinabeloved; feminine form of David313 in the US (2017)
- Dawsynson of David; invented respelling of Dawson201 in the US (2017)
- Davonbeloved; a modern form of David164 in the US (2017)
- Davinbeloved; a form of David146 in the US (2017)
- Devontebeloved; a form of David, respelled with -onte suffix135 in the US (2017)
- Daxonson of David; modern patronymic respelling of Daxson132 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dovid. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean love
Like Dovid, each of these has love in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Davisson of david or beloved616 in the US (2017)
- Jedidiahbeloved of the lord357 in the US (2017)
- Darwindear friend or beloved friend270 in the US (2017)
- Davionbeloved; a form of david244 in the US (2017)
- Darrelldear or beloved; from D'Arelle239 in the US (2017)
- Davianbeloved; a form of David221 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Dovid
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