Dovid
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DOH-vid
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,212 for boys
Dovid is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 1,212th for boys in the US (167 babies).
What does Dovid mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish and Ashkenazi form of David
“beloved”
The Yiddish and Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of David.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Dovid a girl's or a boy's name?
Dovid is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 167 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dovid in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,342among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Dovid, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dovid in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Dovid in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,708 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Dovid in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,212among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 167about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 167 boys in the US were named Dovid, making it the 1,212th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,308th. It first appears in the records in 1957.
2025 had the most boys named Dovid of any year since it first appeared, in 1957.
Half of all the boys named Dovid in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dovid in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 167 | #1,212 |
| 2024 | 151 | #1,295 |
| 2023 | 149 | #1,288 |
| 2022 | 161 | #1,220 |
| 2021 | 148 | #1,280 |
| 2020 | 138 | #1,308 |
| 2019 | 127 | #1,394 |
| 2018 | 124 | #1,408 |
| 2017 | 113 | #1,488 |
| 2016 | 106 | #1,556 |
| 2015 | 125 | #1,381 |
| 2014 | 98 | #1,597 |
| 2013 | 103 | #1,540 |
| 2012 | 99 | #1,588 |
| 2011 | 90 | #1,666 |
| 2010 | 92 | #1,677 |
| 2009 | 97 | #1,625 |
| 2008 | 80 | #1,825 |
| 2007 | 89 | #1,700 |
| 2006 | 68 | #1,966 |
| 2005 | 65 | #1,939 |
| 2004 | 66 | #1,853 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,002 |
| 2002 | 66 | #1,741 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,082 |
| 2000 | 57 | #1,844 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,020 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,123 |
| 1997 | 49 | #1,887 |
| 1996 | 37 | #2,213 |
| 1995 | 36 | #2,205 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,342 |
| 1993 | 45 | #1,845 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 35 | #2,081 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,239 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,432 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 26 | #2,159 |
| 1985 | 27 | #2,070 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
Names like Dovid
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Finn Ronan Rowan Kayden Eden Kian Aiden Noah Logan Declan Darragh
Names related to Dovid
More Hebrew names
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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, “Dovid: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dovid, updated 20 October 2026.