David

See also: Davíð, Dávid, and Davìd

English

Wikipedia

Michelangelo's sculpture of the Biblical figure David.

Etymology

From Koine Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), Δαβίδ (Dabíd), from the Classical Hebrew דּוד (Dāwîḏ, literally “beloved”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪvɪd/

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Proper noun

David (countable and uncountable, plural Davids)

1. A male given name.
   • 1994 Caroline Knapp, The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays, Counterpoint Press 2004, ISBN 1582433135, 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 (2001), ISBN 0-345-44395-0, 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. The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of Saul in the Old Testament.
   • 1611, Bible (Authorized, or King James, Version), 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.

3. A patronymic surname​ common in Wales.

Derived terms

• Son of David
• Star of David
• Davidian
• davidi

Related terms

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

surnames

Dade Daffey Daffy Dakin Daukes Davage Davidge Davids Davidson Davie Davies Davis Davison Davitt Davy Davys Daw Dawe Dawes Dawkes

Dawkin Dawkins Daws Dawson Day Dayes Daykin Dayson Deason Devitt Deyes Dow Dowe Dowson McDade McDaid McDavid McDevitt McKevitt Taaffe

Translations

male given name

• Afrikaans: Dawid
• Arabic: داوود (daawuud), ديفيد (daafid)
• Armenian: Դավիթ (Davitʿ)
• Bashkir: Дауыт (Dawït)
• Breton: Dewi
• Catalan: David m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大衛/大衞, 大卫 (daai6 wai6), 戴維, 戴维 (daai3 wai4)

  Mandarin: 大衛 (zh)/大衞 (zh), 大卫 (zh) (Dàwèi), 戴維 (zh), 戴维 (zh) (Dàiwéi)

• Czech: David (cs) m
• Danish: David
• Dutch: David (nl)
• Esperanto: Davido
• Estonian: Taavet, Taavi
• Faroese: Dávur m, Dávid m, Dávið m
• Finnish: Taavetti (fi), Taavi (fi)
• French: David (fr)
• Georgian: დავით (davit’)
• German: David (de)
• Greek: Ντέιβιντ (Déivint)
• Hawaiian: Kāwika
• Hebrew: דוד (he) (davíd)
• Hungarian: Dávid (hu)
• Icelandic: Davíð (is)

• Inuktitut: ᑖᕕᑦ (taavit)
• Irish: Dáibhí m, Dáithí m
• Italian: Davide (it)
• Khmer: ដាវីត (daaviit)
• Latvian: Dāvids m
• Macedonian: Давид (Dávid)
• Malay: Daud
• Maltese: David
• Manx: Davy m
• Northern Sami: Dávvet
• Norwegian: David (no)
• Persian: دیوید (Deyvid)
• Polish: Dawid (pl) m
• Portuguese: Davi (pt) m
• Russian: Давид (ru) (Davíd), Давыд (ru) m (Davýd), (transliteration) Дэйвид m (Déjvid)
• Scots: Dauvit, Dauid
• Scottish Gaelic: Dàibhidh
• Skolt Sami: Daa´ved
• Slovak: Dávid m
• Spanish: David (es)
• Swedish: David (sv)
• Turkish: Davut
• Welsh: Dafydd, Dewi, Dewydd

king of Judah

• Albanian: Mbreti David
• Arabic: داود
• Armenian: Դավիթ (Davitʿ)
• Bashkir: Дауыт (Dawït)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大衛/大衞, 大卫 (daai6 wai6), 達味, 达味 (daat6 mei6) (Catholic)

  Mandarin: 大衛 (zh)/大衞 (zh), 大卫 (zh) (Dàwèi), 達味 (zh), 达味 (zh) (Dáwèi) (Catholic)

  Min Nan: 大闢, 大辟 (Tāi-pi̍t), Ta-bi̍t

• Croatian: Kralj David
• Czech: David (cs) m
• Danish: David
• Dutch: David (nl)
• Esperanto: Davido
• Estonian: Taavet
• Faroese: Dávid m
• Finnish: Daavid (fi)
• French: David (fr)
• Friulian: Davide
• Georgian: დავით (davit’), დავითი (ka) (davit’i)
• German: David (de)
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌹𐍃 (daweidis)
• Greek: Δαβίδ (Davíd)
• Hawaiian: Dāvida
• Hebrew: דוד (he) (david)
• Hungarian: Dávid (hu)
• Indonesian: Daud
• Irish: Dáiví m

• Italian: Davide (it)
• Japanese: ダビデ (dabide)
• Korean: 다윗 왕 (dawit wang)
• Kurdish: Dawid (ku)
• Latvian: Dāvids m
• Lithuanian: Dovydas
• Macedonian: Давид (Dávid)
• Malay: Daud
• Ngazidja Comorian: Daudu
• Northern Sami: Dávvet
• Norwegian: David (no)
• Persian: داوود
• Polish: Dawid (pl)
• Portuguese: Davi (pt) m
• Russian: Давид (ru) (Davíd)
• Serbian: Краљ Давид
• Spanish: David (es)
• Swedish: David (sv)
• Tagalog: David ng Israel
• Turkish: Davut
• Ukrainian: Давид (Davyd)
• Urdu: داؤد علیہ السلام
• Welsh: Dafydd m
• Wolof: Daawuda
• Yiddish: דוד המלך (dud hmlkh)

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Czech

Proper noun

David m

1. A male given name, cognate to David.

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Danish

Proper noun

David

1. David (biblical figure)
2. A male given name

Related terms

• (surname): Davidsen

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

David ?

1. David (biblical figure)
2. A male given name
3. A Dutch patronymic surname.

Related terms

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

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French

Proper noun

David (m)

1. David (biblical figure)
2. A male given name of biblical origin.
3. A patronymic surname​.

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German

Proper noun

David m (genitive Davids or Davides)

1. David (biblical figure)
2. A male given name.

Declension

declension of David

m gender	article	noun
nominative	der	David
genitive	des	Davides
dative	dem	David, Davide (archaic)
accusative	den	David

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Norwegian

Proper noun

David

1. David (biblical figure)
2. A male given name.

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Spanish

Proper noun

David m

1. David (biblical figure)

1. A male given name.

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

David

1. David (biblical figure)
2. A male given name.

Related terms

• (surnames) Davidsson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 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.