Given name & surname
Davide
“Beloved”·“darling”
Davide is a variant of David. “Beloved” or “darling” is a traditional interpretation. The original linguistic explanation is less certain than that familiar meaning may suggest.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Davide is a variant of David. “Beloved” or “darling” is a traditional interpretation. The original linguistic explanation is less certain than that familiar meaning may suggest.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Davide is a variant of David. David is a Hebrew biblical name, although its precise Hebrew derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Davide is a variant of David. The shared background comes through David: One explanation connects David with a Hebrew nursery word meaning “darling.” This remains a proposed derivation rather than an established breakdown into separate elements.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Davide is a variant of David. The history of David gives this family its wider story. The biblical David is remembered as the young challenger of Goliath and later king of Israel. In Britain, the patron saint of Wales and two medieval Scottish kings gave the name further local associations.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Davide through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 906
- 906 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #6,897 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,897 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 7.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,478 as a first name in 2020; 316 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Davide’s family of names
In English usage, Davide has a related form in David. In Italian usage, Davide has a conventional equivalent in the English form David. In Italian usage, Davide has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Dawid.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Davide has relatives in 10 languages.
6 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Daveyequivalent
- Daveequivalent
- Davyequivalent
- Davitequivalent
- Daoudequivalent
- DawidPolish
- Daveedequivalent
- Dewiequivalent
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People named Davide
- Davide AstoriItalian footballer (1987–2018)
- Davide ZappacostaItalian association football playerborn 1992
- Davide CalabriaItalian association football playerborn 1996
- Davide SantonItalian footballerborn 1991
- Davide FrattesiItalian association football playerborn 1999
- Davide RebellinItalian road bicycle racer (1971–2022)
- Davide LanzafameItalian association football playerborn 1987
- Davide FormoloItalian cyclistborn 1992
- Davide Di GennaroItalian association football playerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Davide, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Davis
“the son of David”
95% boys · 5% girls
Davidde
“Beloved” · “darling”
>99% boys
Daveon
“the beloved one”
>99% boys
Davyen
“the beloved one”
>99% boys
Davyon
“the beloved one”
>99% boys
Davian
“the beloved one” · “Beloved”
>99% boys
Davyan
“the beloved one”
>99% boys
Davydd
“Beloved” · “darling”
>99% boys