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Name meaning & stats

Davy

Davy means “beloved” (Hebrew origin). 2,815 US babies since 1940, peak 1955.

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What it means

“beloved”

HebrewPet form of David

In US birth records

Peak year: 1955

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2,815 US babies were named Davy between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Davy (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

1 in 4 Daveys spell it Davy

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1955)