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 parents choose Davyd
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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Masovian
+120%1 in 4,542 babies
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Łódź
+97%1 in 5,069 babies
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Lower Silesian
+59%1 in 6,285 babies
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian
−82%1 in 54,690 babies
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Subcarpathian
−75%1 in 40,188 babies
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Warmian-Masurian
−58%1 in 23,931 babies
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Masovian+120% 78 born1 in 4,542 babies+120%
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Łódź+97% 25 born1 in 5,069 babies+97%
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Lower Silesian+59% 25 born1 in 6,285 babies+59%
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Lubusz+21% 6 born1 in 8,276 babies+21%
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Lesser Poland−7% 21 born1 in 10,806 babies−7%
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Greater Poland−7% 20 born1 in 10,762 babies−7%
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Pomeranian−19% 12 born1 in 12,277 babies−19%
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Silesian−34% 15 born1 in 15,172 babies−34%
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West Pomeranian−53% 4 born1 in 21,106 babies−53%
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Opole−57% 2 born1 in 23,048 babies−57%
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Warmian-Masurian−58% 3 born1 in 23,931 babies−58%
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Subcarpathian−75% 3 born1 in 40,188 babies−75%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−82% 2 born1 in 54,690 babies−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 Conan13
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#2605 Cyriak13
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#2606 Davyd13
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#2607 Denys13
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#2608 Dušan13