Davetta
Feminine · “beloved”
Davetta is a feminine of David with an Italian-looking -etta ending, three syllables with the stress in the middle. It is warm and uncommon.
How old is the name Davetta?
Davetta first appears in US birth records in 1932 — 93 years ago. The typical Davetta alive today was born around 1969, making them about 56 years old. About 500 people named Davetta are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Davetta most popular?
Davetta peaked in 1968, reaching #2708 nationally. See the whole 1968 chart.
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Where it comes from
From David to Davetta
The story of Davetta
David has no traditional feminine in English, and families made many of their own. Davetta takes the -etta that Italian uses for little forms, as in Giulietta and Nicoletta, and sets it on Dave. No record says who first did so, and beyond David's meaning the name has no separate history.
Meaningscholars disagree
beloved, through David
Davetta looks like a feminine of David, Hebrew for beloved, with the -etta ending of Italian diminutives. No record confirms who built it or how.
How the name formed
- David
- Davetta
Pronouncing Davetta
duh-VET-uh
Stress on the middle syllable.
Nicknames for Davetta
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
- 1932
- Most girls named
- 197223 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2708reached in 1968
- Change vs 1994
- 0.0%5 in 1995, 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.
Davettas among us
people named Davetta are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Davetta sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Its root meaning, beloved, is warm.
- Etta is a lovely short form.
- People will write Davita or Daveta.
- Dave, the obvious short form, is a man's name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Davettas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Davetta are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Davetta in 2025?
- Davetta is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Davetta with classmates?
- Davetta will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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