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 [ 3 syll. da-vi-na, dav-ina ] The girl name Davina is pronounced DaaVIYNah KEY. Davina's language of origin is Hebrew. It is predominantly used in English and Scottish. Biblical name derived from the word dod with the meaning 'beloved, favorite, darling, friend'. The name originated in Scotland in the early 20th century, and it has acquired somewhat aristocratic associations. The form Davinia reflects the influence of the name Lavinia. Variant forms of Davina include Davena (English), Daviana (English), Davinia (English), and Divina (English). Vina (short form in English and Scottish) and Devina (spelling variant in English) are other forms of the name. Davina is an uncommon baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1976, 0.012% of baby girls were named Davina. It was #769 in rank then. The baby name has seen a steep decline in popularity since then, and is of only infrequent use today. Within all girl names in its family, Davina was nevertheless the most widely used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Davina include Dafina (Albanian and Slavic), Daphiny (English), Davena (English), Davinia (English), Devanee (Indian), Devina (English), Devona (English), Divina (English), Dafna (Hebrew), Dafnee (English), Daphine (English), Daphna (English), Daphne (English and German), Daphnee (English), Daphney (English), Daphné (French), Daphnie (English), Daviana (English), Devan (English), and Devin (English and Irish). Details of famous persons named Davina: KEY: Pronunciation for Davina: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
