Dawid
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAH-vid
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Dawid is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Dawid mean?
Hebrew: Polish form of David
“beloved”
The Polish form of David, the biblical king of Israel.
Is Dawid a girl's or a boy's name?
Dawid is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dawid in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,087th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 77% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Dawid, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 638th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 196 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Dawid than any year since 2004.
Half of all the boys named Dawid in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Dawid in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 30 | #1,072 |
| 2022 | 41 | #848 |
| 2021 | 42 | #844 |
| 2020 | 62 | #638 |
| 2019 | 82 | #529 |
| 2018 | 104 | #445 |
| 2017 | 115 | #419 |
| 2016 | 97 | #474 |
| 2015 | 112 | #421 |
| 2014 | 131 | #368 |
| 2013 | 152 | #319 |
| 2012 | 162 | #317 |
| 2011 | 180 | #288 |
| 2010 | 169 | #297 |
| 2009 | 182 | #275 |
| 2008 | 196 | #251 |
| 2007 | 130 | #327 |
| 2006 | 53 | #605 |
| 2005 | 31 | #844 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
How popular is Dawid in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Dawid, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Dawid in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dawid in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
Names like Dawid
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Khalid, Ahmed, Brody, Aiden, Kayden, Finn, Yusuf, Syed, Zakariya
Names related to Dawid
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dawid: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dawid, updated 20 October 2026.