The meaning of the word david

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David

King David
Pronunciation
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	«Beloved»
Region of origin	Eretz Israel

David is a common masculine given name. It is of Hebrew origin, and its popularity derives from King David, a figure of central importance in the Hebrew Bible and in the religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Etymology[edit]

David (Hebrew: דָּוִד‎, Modern: David, Tiberian: Dāwîḏ) means «beloved», derived from the root dôwd (דּוֹד), which originally meant «to boil», but survives in Biblical Hebrew only in the figurative usage «to love»; specifically, it is a term for an uncle or figuratively, a lover/beloved (it is used in this way in the Song of Songs: אני לדודי ודודי לי, «I am for my beloved and my beloved is for me»).^[1] In Christian tradition, the name was adopted as Syriac: ܕܘܝܕ Dawid, Greek Δαυίδ, Latin Davidus or David. The Quranic spelling is دَاوُۥد Dāwūd or Dā’ūd.

David was adopted as a Christian name from an early period, e.g. David of Wales (6th century), David Saharuni (7th century), David I of Iberia (9th century).
Name days are celebrated on 8 February (for David IV of Georgia), 1 March (for St. David of Wales) and 29 December (for King David), as well as 25 June (St. David of Sweden), 26 June, 9 July (Russia), 26 August, 11 December and 30 December (Hungary, Latvia, Norway, Czech Republic).

Hypocorisms[edit]

The oldest, most popular and most commonly used diminutive form in the English speaking countries of David is Dav, which first appeared in written form in the 16th century.^{[citation needed]} The nickname Dav or Dave has been used as a name in its own right in the 19th and 20th centuries, at least in the United States. At the height of its popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s, the name Dave was bestowed upon more than 3,000 infants each year.^[2]

Other common English-language hypocorisms of the name David are Davey, Davie, and Davy. The Welsh Dafydd is also abbreviated Dewi, Dai and Daf.^[3]

In Ashkenazi Jewish culture, common hypocorisms of Dovid are Dovi and Dov. Dudi is a common hypocorism in Modern Hebrew.^[4]

Davo is also used as a nickname, and is quite common in Australia and Armenia, while the nickname Dato (for Davit) is popular in the country of Georgia.^{[citation needed]}

Female forms[edit]

Some female forms of the name are Daveigh, Davetta, Davida, and Davina. The girl’s name Davinia may derive from David, but it has also been considered a derivation from the Gaelic Devin^{[citation needed]} or a variant of Lavinia.^{[citation needed]}

Statistics[edit]

• United Kingdom: David was the most popular masculine given name in Northern Ireland for newborns in 1975 and dropped to a fluctuating rank around 20th in the first few years of the 21st century.^[5]
• United States: David is the fifth most popular masculine name in the United States, belonging to 2,967,000 individuals. ^[6] It ranked #30 among boys born in 2021. ^[7]
• United States: In 2015, the name David was the 18th most popular name for baby boys in the United States.^[8]

Variants[edit]

• Afrikaans: Dawid
• Albanian: Davidi, Dauti, Davud, Dejvid, Xhavit
• Amharic: Dawït
• Arabic:
  • Classical: داود
  • Modern: داوود (Dāwūd, Dawoud, Daoud, Dawud, Dawood)
• Aramaic: Dāwîḏ
• Armenian:
  • Classical: Դաւիթ (Dawitʻ)
  • Eastern: Դավիթ (Davitʻ)
  • Western: Դաւիթ (Tʻavitʻ)
• Assamese: দাউদ (Daud), ডেভিড (Devhid)
• Azerbaijani: Davud, داوود
• Bashkir: Дауыт (Dawït)
• Basque: Dabid
• Bosnian: Davud, Daut
• Breton: Dewi
• Bulgarian: Давид, Давидко
• Catalan: David, Daviu
• Cornish: Daveth
• Croatian: David
• Czech: David, Davídek
• Danish: David
• Dutch: David
• Esperanto: Davido
• Estonian: Taavet, Taavi
• Faroese: Dávur, Dávid, Dávið, Dávi
• Fijian: Tevita
• Filipino: David, Davide
• Finnish: Daavid, Taavetti, Taavi, Taavo
• French: David
• Fula: Dauda, Daouda
• Galician: David
• Ge’ez: Dawit
• Georgian: დავით (Davit), დათო (Dato), დათა (Data), დათუჩა (Datucha), დათიკო (Datiko), დათუნა (Datuna)
• German: David, Devid (extremely rare)
• Greek:
  • Biblical: Δαυὶδ, Δαβίδ, Δαυΐδ, Δαυείδ, Δαυίδης
  • Modern: Δαβίδ (David)
• Gujarati: ડેવિડ (Ḍēviḍa)
• Hausa: Dauda, Daouda
• Hawaiian: Kawika, Havika, Kāwika
• Hebrew: Hebrew spelling without diacritics: דוד‎, (rare) דויד‎ or full diacritics: דָּוִד‎ (David)
  • Biblical: (Dawid)
  • Tiberian: (Dāwîḏ)
• Hindi: दाऊद (Dāūd), डेविड (Ḍēviḍ)
• Hungarian: Dávid
• Icelandic: Davíð
• Indonesian: Daud
• Inuktitut: ᑖᕕᑦ (Taavit)
• Irish: Dáibhídh, Dáibhéad
• Italian: Davide
• Japanese: デイビッド (Deibiddo), ダビデ (Dabide)
• Kannada: ಡೇವಿಡ್ (Ḍēviḍ)
• Khmer: ដាវីត (Davit), ដេវីត (Dévit)
• Korean: 다윗 (Dawit)
• Latin: David, Davidus
• Latvian: Dāvids, Dāvis
• Lithuanian: Dovydas, Deividas
• Malay:
  • Malaysian: Daud, David
  • Manado: Davij, Davi, Dav, Daud
• Malayalam: ദാവീദ് (Daveedu)
• Macedonian: Давид (DeJvid)
• Mandarin Chinese:
  • Simplified: 戴维 (Dàiwéi), 大卫 (Dàwèi), 大维 (Dàwéi)
  • Traditional: 戴維 (Dàiwéi), 大衛 (Dàwèi), 大衞 (Dàwèi), 大維 (Dàwéi)
• Mandinka: Dawda, Dauda, Daouda
• Manx: Davy
• Māori: Rāwiri
• Marathi: दावीद (Dāvīda)
• Medieval English: Daw, Day
• Mi’kmaq: Dabit
• Northern Sami: Dávvet
• Northern Sotho: Dafid, Dafida
• Norwegian: David
• Persian: داوود or داود (Davud)
• Polish: Dawid
• Portuguese: David
  • Brazilian: Davi
• Punjabi: ਦਾਊਦ ਨੂੰ (Dā’ūda nū)
• Romanian: David
• Russian: Давид (Davíd), Давыд (Davýd), Дэвид (Dévid)
• Samoan: Tavita
• Scots: Dauvit, Dauid
• Scottish Gaelic: Dàibheid, Dàibhidh
• Serbian: Давид (David)
• Skolt Sami: Daa´ved
• Slovak: Dávid, David
• Slovenian: David
• Spanish: David
• Swahili: Daudi
• Swedish: David
• Syriac: ܕܘܝܕ (Dawid, Da’wood)
• Tamil: தாவீது (Daveedu)
• Telugu: దావీదు (Dáveedu)
• Thai: เดวิด (RTGS: Dewit)
• Tongan: Tevita
• Turkish: Davut, Davud
• Ukrainian: Давид (Davyd), Devid
• Urdu: داؤد (Dāūd), ڈیوڈ (Ḍēviḍ)
• Vietnamese: Đa-vít, Đeton
• Welsh: Dafydd, Dewi, Dai, Dewydd, Day
• Wolof: Dawda, Dauda, Daouda
• Yiddish: דוד (Dóved)
• Yoruba: Dafidi, Dawodu, Dauda
• Zulu: uDavide

Notable people with the name[edit]

See also[edit]

• All pages with titles beginning with David
• All pages with titles beginning with Dave
• David (surname)
• Davide
• Dave (given name)
• Davy (given name)
• Davis (surname)
• Davies
• Kawika

References[edit]

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English David, Davyd, Davyde, from Old English Dauid, David, from Latin David, Davidus, from Koine Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), Δαβίδ (Dabíd), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew דּוד‎ (Dāwîḏ, literally “beloved”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪvɪd/

Proper noun[edit]

David (countable and uncountable, plural Davids)

1. A male given name from Hebrew.

   • 1994, Caroline Knapp, The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays, Counterpoint Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 169:

     David Copperfield. Dwight David Eisenhower. Michelangelo’s David. None of these Davids would seem the same if their names were Dave. David, with its final «d», sounds finished and complete, whereas Dave just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely.

   • 2000, Anne Rice, Merrick, Ballantine Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 157:

     Well, don’t think I’ll settle for so little, Mr. Talbot. Or should I call you David? I think you look like a David, you know, righteous and clean living and all of that.

2. (biblical) The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of Saul in the Old Testament.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 23:1-2:

     David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.

   • 2014, Carter, Jimmy, “Full Prisons and Legal Killing”, in A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power‎^[1], Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 39:

     Some devout Christians are among the most fervent advocates of the death penalty, contradicting Jesus Christ and misinterpreting Holy Scriptures and numerous examples of mercy. We remember God’s forgiveness of Cain, who killed Abel, and the adulterer King David, who arranged the killing of Uriah, the husband of Bathsheba, his lover.

3. A surname originating as a patronymic common in Wales, in honor of the ancient Saint David of Wales.
4. (rare) A female given name, often combined with a feminine middle name (e.g. David Ann).
5. A place name:
   1. A city, the capital of Chiriquí province, Panama.
   2. A former unincorporated community in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States.
   3. An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.

Derived terms[edit]

[edit]

• (pet forms): Dave, Davey, Davie, Davy; Davo (Australian)
• (feminine equivalent): Davina

Translations[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /dəˈvit/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /dəˈbit/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /daˈvit/
• Rhymes: -it

Proper noun[edit]

David m

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English David, from Koine Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), Δαβίδ (Dabíd), from the Biblical Hebrew דּוד‎ (Dāwîḏ, literally “beloved”). Also from Spanish David.

Pronunciation[edit]

• Hyphenation: da‧vid

Proper noun[edit]

David

1. a male given name from English
2. (biblical) David

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ˈdavɪt]

Proper noun[edit]

David m

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• Rhymes: -id

Proper noun[edit]

David

1. (biblical) David
2. a male given name

[edit]

• (surname): Davidsen

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Latin David, from Ancient Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד‎.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.vɪt/
• Hyphenation: Da‧vid

Proper noun[edit]

David m

1. (biblical) David
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David
3. a surname originating as a patronymic

Derived terms[edit]

• Davidisch

[edit]

• (pet forms): Daaf, Daav
• (surnames): Davids

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /da.vid/, (archaic or regional) /da.vi/

Proper noun[edit]

David m

1. (biblical) David
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David
3. a surname originating as a patronymic

Derived terms[edit]

• étoile de David

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaːvɪt/ (normal)
  • IPA^(key): [ˈdäːvɪt] (most regions)
  • IPA^(key): [ˈdäːvit] (Bavaria, Austria)
• IPA^(key): /ˈdaːˌviːt/ (some speakers in the very north of Germany)
• Hyphenation: Da‧vid

Proper noun[edit]

David m (proper noun, strong, genitive Davids)

1. (biblical) David
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

• Davidstern m (“Star of David”)

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɒvid]
• Hyphenation: Da‧vid
• Rhymes: -id

Proper noun[edit]

David

1. David

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	David	Davidek
accusative	Davidet	Davideket
dative	Davidnek	Davideknek
instrumental	Daviddel	Davidekkel
causal-final	Davidért	Davidekért
translative	Daviddé	Davidekké
terminative	Davidig	Davidekig
essive-formal	Davidként	Davidekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Davidben	Davidekben
superessive	Daviden	Davideken
adessive	Davidnél	Davideknél
illative	Davidbe	Davidekbe
sublative	Davidre	Davidekre
allative	Davidhez	Davidekhez
elative	Davidből	Davidekből
delative	Davidről	Davidekről
ablative	Davidtől	Davidektől
non-attributive possessive — singular	Davidé	Davideké
non-attributive possessive — plural	Davidéi	Davidekéi

Possessive forms of David
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Davidem	Davidjeim
2nd person sing.	Davided	Davidjeid
3rd person sing.	Davidje	Davidjei
1st person plural	Davidünk	Davidjeink
2nd person plural	Davidetek	Davidjeitek
3rd person plural	Davidjük	Davidjeik

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin Dāvīd, from Ancient Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), from Hebrew דָּוִד‎ (davíd).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.vid/^[1]
• Rhymes: -avid
• Hyphenation: Dà‧vid

Proper noun[edit]

David m

1. a male given name, variant of Davide

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English David.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.vid/, /ˈde.vid/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛvid, -evid

Proper noun[edit]

David m

1. A male given name in English

References[edit]

Kapampangan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• Hyphenation: Da‧vid
• IPA^(key): /dəˈbid/, [dəˈbiːd]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Spanish David.

Proper noun[edit]

Davíd

1. (biblical) David
2. a male given name from Spanish

Etymology 2[edit]

Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From dawit?”)

Proper noun[edit]

Davíd

1. a common surname

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד‎ (Davíd).

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.u̯iːd/, [ˈd̪äːu̯iːd̪]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.vid/, [ˈd̪äːvid̪]

Proper noun[edit]

Dāvīd m (indeclinable) and Dāvīd m sg (genitive Dāvīdis); third declension

1. David

   • Vulgata Clementina Liber I Regum.Caput 20.3:

     Et iuravit rursum Davidi.

     And he swore again to David.

Declension[edit]

Normally indeclinable, but third declension forms occasionally occur.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dāvīd
Genitive	Dāvīdis
Dative	Dāvīdī
Accusative	Dāvīda Dāvīdem
Ablative	Dāvīde
Vocative	Dāvīd

References[edit]

“David” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

Maltese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian Davide, from Latin David, from Ancient Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), from Hebrew דָּוִד‎ (davíd). The alternative pronunciation from English David, from the same source.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.vɪt/ (traditional; still always for the King David)
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛj.vɪt/ (predominantly as a contemporary name)

Noun[edit]

David m

1. David (given name)

Norwegian[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

David

1. (biblical) David
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English David. Doublet of Davi.

Alternative forms[edit]

• Deivid

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdej.vid͡ʒ/, /ˈdej.vi.d͡ʒi/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɐˈvid(ɨ)/

Proper noun[edit]

David m

1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English David

Etymology 2[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

David m

1. Alternative spelling of Davi

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Давꙑдъ (Davydŭ), from Koine Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), Δαβίδ (Dabíd), from Biblical Hebrew דּוד‎ (Dāwîḏ, literally “beloved”).

Proper noun[edit]

David m

1. A village in Văleni, Neamț, Romania
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English David
3. a surname

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /daˈbid/ [d̪aˈβ̞ið̞]
• Rhymes: -id
• Syllabification: Da‧vid

Proper noun[edit]

David m

1. (biblical) David
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David

Further reading[edit]

• “David”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgate Latin David, ultimately of Hebrew origin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in runes around 1200.

Proper noun[edit]

David c (genitive Davids)

1. (biblical) David
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David

[edit]

• (surnames) Davidsson

References[edit]

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 51 009 males with the given name David living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Tagalog[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• Hyphenation: Da‧vid
• IPA^(key): /daˈbid/, [dɐˈbid]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Spanish David.

Proper noun[edit]

David (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜊᜒᜇ᜔)

1. (biblical) David
2. a male given name from Spanish

Etymology 2[edit]

From Kapampangan David. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Proper noun[edit]

David (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜊᜒᜇ᜔)

1. A surname in Kapampangan

1	0   0 masc. proper name, in Old Testament second king of Israel and Judah and author of psalms, from Hebrew Dawidh, literally «darling, beloved friend.» The name was common in England and Scotland [..]

2	0   0 David David [N] [B] [H] [S]beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she w [..]

3	0   0 David David, City of [S] David took from the Jebusites the fortress of Mount Zion. He «dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David» ( 1 Chronicles 11:7 ). This was the name afterwards give [..]

4	0   0 David David [N] [B] [E] [S] well-beloved

5	0   0 David (1.) David took from the Jebusites the fortress of Mount Zion. He «dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David» (1 Chr. 11:7). This was the name afterwards given to the castle and roy [..]

6	0   0 David beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sa [..]

7	0   0 David [Jerusalem]

8	0   0 David David. well-beloved

9	0   0 David To dream of David, of Bible fame, denotes divisions in domestic circles, and unsettled affairs, will tax heavily your nerve force.

10	0   0 David (n) patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)(n) French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825)(n) (Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young sheph [..]

11	0   0 David N M David

12	0   0 David in Dryden’s satire called Absalom and Achitophel, represents Charles II.; Absalom, his beautiful but rebellious son, represents the Duke of Monmouth; Achitophel, the traitorous counsellor, is [..]

13	0   0 David Spinosi, Camille — Les grands systèmes de droit contemporains, 11 Ed., 2002, Dalloz, Paris.

14

0   0 David (דוד Hebrew) A Kabbalistic symbol in Hebrew scriptures, who represents the middle stages of Initiation, or in other words, one of the three Malachim (Kings Saul, David, Solomon), who in their synthesis represents the internal, psychological drama of Initiation lived by an genuine initiate, and which conclude when the three kings attend the birth [..]

15	0   0 David see Dawood

16	0   0 David n. «King David (in the Bible),» proper n.; not in MED. KEY: david@n#propn

17	0   0 David n#propn 18 david 17 davit 1

18	0   0 David From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was derived from Hebrew דּוֹד (dod) meaning "beloved" or "uncle". David was the second and greatest of the kin [..]

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• Defenition of the word david

  • A male first name of West Semitic origin.
  • the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from a sling; many of the Psalms are attributed to David
  • (Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from a sling; he united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital; many of the Psalm
  • French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825)
  • patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
  • (Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from a sling; he united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital; many of the Psalms are attributed to David (circa 1000-962 BC)

Synonyms for the word david

• • David

Hypernyms for the word david

• • Hebrew
  • Jew
  • king
  • male monarch
  • painter
  • patron saint

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