David

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪvɪd/

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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, 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.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 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, 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).

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

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

David m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English David

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

• Hyphenation: da‧vid

David

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈdavɪt]

David m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English David

David

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

• (surname): Davidsen

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David ?

1. (biblical) David
2. A male given name, equivalent to English David
3. A patronymic surname​.

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

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

David m

1. (biblical) David
2. A male given name, equivalent to English David
3. A patronymic surname​.

• 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)

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• Hyphenation: Da‧vid

David m (genitive Davids)

1. (biblical) David
2. A male given name, equivalent to English David

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

David

1. David

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

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

Dāvīd m (indeclinable)

1. David

David

1. (biblical) David
2. A male given name, equivalent to English David

Borrowed from English David.

• Deivid

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

David m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English David

David m

1. Alternative spelling of Davi

• IPA^(key): /daˈbid/, [d̪aˈβið]

David m

1. (biblical) David
2. A male given name, equivalent to English David

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

David c (genitive Davids)

1. (biblical) David
2. A male given name, equivalent to English David

• (surnames) Davidsson

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