Davyd
The Ukrainian spelling of Dawid, from a Hebrew name for one who is loved. It surfaced in Poland only recently: barely given before 2022, it now sits just inside the top 500 for boys and goes to them alone.
Davyd Pronunciation
What Davyd means
Where Davyd comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Davyd comes from Hebrew, from the name David, and its short meaning is beloved. Ukrainian speakers shaped the spelling Davyd, which follows the sound they use rather than the Polish one. In Poland the closer relative is Dawid, a variant built on the same Hebrew root.
The biblical David was a shepherd who became king, and the sense of "beloved" followed his name into Christian Europe. That meaning holds in Polish too, where it reads as ukochany, umiłowany.
Picture a class register in a Polish town near the border. A boy named Davyd signs beside the Dawids and the Kacpers, the y in his name a small sign of a Ukrainian home. The meaning stays the same on both sides. It is beloved.
How many people are named Davyd
1 in 3411 men in Poland is named Davyd. 6,263 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #443 among male names.
Davyd's popularity over time
71 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #289 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2017.
Where Davyd is most popular
Davyd is most popular in Masovian, 120% above the national average (78 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Łódź (+97%) and Lower Silesian (+59%). It is least common in Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Subcarpathian, 82% and 75% below average respectively.
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Masovian78 boys born+120%
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Łódź25 boys born+97%
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Lower Silesian25 boys born+59%
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Lubusz6 boys born+21%
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Lesser Poland21 boys born−7%
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Greater Poland20 boys born−7%
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Pomeranian12 boys born−19%
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Silesian15 boys born−34%
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West Pomeranian4 boys born−53%
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Opole2 boys born−57%
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Warmian-Masurian3 boys born−58%
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Subcarpathian3 boys born−75%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian2 boys born−82%
Davyd as a middle name
Davyd is a first name for 6,263 men in Poland and a middle name for another 13, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2606th, between Cyriak (13) and Denys (13).
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2604
13Conan
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2605
13Cyriak
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260613Davyd
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2607
13Denys
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2608
13Dušan