Given name & surname
Daudi
“one who is dearly loved”
Daudi is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Daudi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20
- 20 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Daudi’s family of names
Daudi has a related form in Daudea. Daudi has a related form in Daudee. Daudi has a related form in Daudey.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Daudi, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
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>99% boys