Davide
An Italian take on a Hebrew name meaning "loved one". Barely 600 men in Poland carry it, so few that most people here have never met one.
Davide Pronunciation
What Davide means
Where Davide comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Davide is the Italian form of David, and its root reaches back to Hebrew, where the name meant "beloved." Italians carry it as their own, though the story starts far earlier, with a shepherd who became a king. That biblical David gives the name its oldest bearer, and the sense of "beloved" has followed it since. The king was also remembered as a poet, credited with the psalms.
In Poland the name arrives with an Italian accent. A boy named Davide on a Kraków class register stands slightly apart from the Dawids around him. Same origin, different spelling, and the difference is the point.
The short meaning stays simple. No diminutives cluster around Davide the way they do around longer Polish names, so it comes as one word: beloved, in Polish umiłowany.
How many people are named Davide
1 in 36614 men in Poland is named Davide. 583 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1230 among male names.
Davide's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Davide as a middle name
Davide is a first name for 583 men in Poland and a middle name for another 46, a 93/7 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1128th, between Ayman (46) and Fatih (46).
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