Daveion
Masculine · “beloved”
About half the psalms are headed of David, and the Hebrew is ambiguous. The word can mean by David, for David, or belonging to David in the sense of the style. Scholars have argued about it for centuries and the grammar simply does not decide.
How old is the name Daveion?
Daveion first appears in US birth records in 1986 — 39 years ago. The typical Daveion alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 600 people named Daveion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Daveion most popular?
Daveion peaked in 2002, reaching #2817 nationally. Today it ranks #12008, 9,191 places below that high. See the whole 2002 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Dawid to Daveion
The story of Daveion
The book of Psalms is a compiled hymn book rather than a single work: it has five sections, each ending with a formula of praise, and the seams are visible. The superscriptions above individual psalms name tunes, instruments and occasions, and almost none of them can now be identified — nobody knows what the instruction to the choirmaster, according to the Lilies means, or what a selah is. Roughly half carry David's name in that ambiguous construction. What is clear from the collection itself is that it was used: these are texts with performance directions on them, and the directions have outlived every performer.
Meaningscholars disagree
beloved
David is Hebrew and its meaning is disputed between beloved and a word for a commander found in Mesopotamian texts. The -eion ending on this spelling is an American addition and carries no meaning; it writes out a glide the shorter spellings leave implied.
How the name formed
- Dawid
- David
- Daveion
Related forms: David
Pronouncing Daveion
duh-VAY-un
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Some families give it four, day-VEE-un. The spelling supports both and settles neither.
Nicknames for Daveion
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1986
- Most boys named
- 200842 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2817reached in 2002
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%5 in 2025, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Daveion in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- David in Hebrew — related form
Daveions among us
people named Daveion are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 341,615 born in 2025 was named Daveion
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Kort test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Daveion's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kort climbed just as high around 1958, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kort's path sketches the road Daveion is walking now.
Daveion sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Daveion beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Daveion in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The name behind it has a three-thousand-year record and archaeological confirmation.
- Dave works immediately as a short form.
- Three open syllables with a regular stress pattern.
- David is one of the most given names in the world and this will be read as a variant of it.
- The syllable count is unsettled between three and four.
- The -eion ending has no meaning and is not audible in most families' pronunciation.
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Masculine · #12008 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Daveions are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Daveion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Daveion in 2025?
- Daveion ranks #12008 among US boy names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Daveion?
- About 1 in every 341,615 US boys born in 2025 was named Daveion — 5 in all.
- Will my child share the name Daveion with classmates?
- Daveion will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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