71%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage English Pronounced Pron. DAY-vis [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links From an English surname that was derived from the given name David. A famous bearer of the surname was Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), the only president of the Confederate States of America. Related Names Same SpellingDāvis PopularityDetails Last ranked #59 in 2020 Latvia Last ranked #631 in 2022 United States People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class wholesome strong refined strange simple serious Categories beloved, Bully characters, colleges or universities, Corner Gas characters, Digimon characters, ends in -is, love, never out of the US top 1000, surnames, Taylor Swift songs, The Good Witch characters, The Next Step characters, TTC stations, X-Men, YouTubers