David

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See also: Davíð, Dávið, Dávid, and Davìd

English

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Michelangelo's sculpture of the Biblical figure David.

Etymology

From Middle English David, Davyd, Davyde (reinforced by Anglo-Norman, cf. modern Jersey Norman Dâvi), from Old English David, borrowed from Latin David, Davidus, from Koine Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), Δαβίδ (Dabíd), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew דּוד (Dāwîḏ, literally “beloved”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeɪvɪd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Proper noun

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 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 (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.
    • Template:RQ:Authorized Version
      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.
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  4. (rare) A female given name, often combined with a feminine middle name (e.g. David Ann).

Derived terms

surnames

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

David m

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

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: da‧vid

Proper noun

David

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

Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

Danish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

David

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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

David m

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

French

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

David m

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

German

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Da‧vid

Proper noun

David m (genitive Davids)

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

Declension

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdeːvid]
  • Hyphenation: Da‧vid

Proper noun

David

  1. David

Declension

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

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dāvīd m (indeclinable)

  1. David

Norwegian

Proper noun

David

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English David.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

David m

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

Etymology 2

Proper noun

David m

  1. Alternative spelling of Davi

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daˈbid/ [d̪aˈβ̞ið̞]

Proper noun

David m

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

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 c (genitive Davids)

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

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [1] 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.
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