David

See also: Davíð, Dávið, Dávid, and Davìd

English

Michelangelo's sculpture of the Biblical figure David.

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪvɪd/

• Audio (US)

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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.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] 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.

   • 2014, Carter, Jimmy, “Full Prisons and Legal Killing”, in A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power‎^[1], Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, OCLC 904254615, 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

• David-and-Goliath
• David City
• davidi
• Davidian
• harp of David, King David's harp
• Son of David
• Star of David

 

Related terms

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

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

king of Israel

• Aghwan: 𐔳𐔰𐕛𐔼𐔸 (davit)
• Albanian: Mbreti David
• Arabic: دَاوُد‎ (ar) m (dāwūd), دَاوُود‎ m (dāwūd)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܕܘܝܕ‎

• Armenian: Դաւիթ (Dawitʿ), Դավիթ (Davitʿ)
• Bashkir: Дауыт (Dawıt)
• Bengali: দাঊদ (daūd)
• Chinese:

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

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

  Min Nan: 大闢, 大辟 (Tāi-pi̍t), Ta-bi̍t

• Czech: David (cs) m
• Danish: David
• Dutch: David (nl)
• Esperanto: Davido
• Estonian: Taavet
• Faroese: Dávid m
• Finnish: Daavid (fi)
• French: David (fr)

  Old French: Davi, David

• Friulian: Davide
• Georgian: დავით (davit), დავითი (ka) (daviti)
• German: David (de)
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌳 (daweid)
• Greek: Δαβίδ (el) (Davíd)
• Gujarati: દાઉદ m (dāuda)
• Hausa: Dauda (ha)
• Hawaiian: Dāvida
• Hebrew: דָּוִד‎ (he) (davíd)
• Hindi: दाऊद m (dāūd), दाउद (hi) m (dāud)
• Hungarian: Dávid (hu)
• Indonesian: Daud
• Irish: Dáiví m
• Italian: Davide (it)
• Japanese: ダビデ (Dabide)
• Kazakh: Дәуіт (Däuıt)
• Korean: 다윗 (Dawit)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Dawid (ku)

• Latvian: Dāvids m
• Lishana Deni: דוד‎ (dāwiḏ), דויד‎ (dāwiḏ)
• Lithuanian: Dovydas
• Macedonian: Давид (David)
• Malay: Daud
• Malayalam: ദാവീദ് (dāvīdŭ)
• Manchu: ᡩᠠᠪᡳᡨ (dabit), ᡩᠠᠪᡳᡨ
  ᡥᠠᠨ (dabit han)
• Maore Comorian: Daud
• Maori: Rāwiri
• Maranao: Daod
• Ngazidja Comorian: Daudu
• Northern Sami: Dávvet
• Norwegian: David (no)
• Oriya: ଦାଉଦ (daudô)
• Pashto: داوود‎ m
• Persian: داوود‎ (dâvud)
• Polish: Dawid (pl)
• Portuguese: Davi (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਦਾਊਦ m (dāūda)
• Russian: Дави́д (ru) (Davíd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Краљ Давид

  Roman: Kralj David

• Sindhi: دائود‎
• Spanish: David (es)
• Swahili: Daudi
• Swedish: David (sv)
• Tagalog: David ng Israel
• Tamil: டேவிட் (ṭēviṭ)
• Tatar: Давыд (Dawıd)
• Tausug: Daud
• Tibetan: དཱ་བིད (dā bid)
• Turkish: Davut
• Ukrainian: Давид (Davyd)
• Urdu: داؤد علیہ السلام‎
• Uyghur: داۋۇت‎ (dawut)
• Welsh: Dafydd m
• Wolof: Daawuda
• Yiddish: דוד‎ (doved)

male given name

• Afrikaans: Dawid
• Arabic: دَاوُود‎ (dāwūd), دَيْفِيد‎ (dayfīd)
• Armenian: Դավիթ (Davitʿ)
• Azerbaijani: Devid
• Bashkir: Дауыт (Dawıt)
• Belarusian: Даві́д (Davíd)
• Bengali: দাঊদ (daūd)
• Breton: Dewi
• Catalan: David (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᏕᏫᏗ (dewidi)
• Chinese:

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

  Mandarin: 大衛 (zh)/大衞, 大卫 (zh) (Dàwèi), 戴維, 戴维 (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)
• Ge'ez: ዳዊት (dawit)
• Georgian: დავით (davit)
• German: David (de)
• Greek: Ντέιβιντ (el) (Déivint), Δαβίδ (el) (Davíd)
• Hausa: Dauda (ha)
• Hawaiian: Kāwika
• Hebrew: דָּוִד‎ (he) (davíd)
• Hindi: दाउद (hi) m (dāud), दाऊद m (dāūd)
• Hungarian: Dávid (hu)
• Icelandic: Davíð (is)
• Inuktitut: ᑖᕕᑦ (taavit)
• Irish: Dáibhí m, Dáithí m

• Italian: Davide (it)
• Japanese: デイヴィッド (Deividdo), ダビド (Dabido), デヴィッド (Deviddo), デービッド
• Kazakh: Дәуіт (Däuıt)
• Khmer: ដាវីត (daaviit)
• Latvian: Dāvids m
• Lishana Deni: דוד‎ (dāwiḏ), דויד‎ (dāwiḏ)
• Lithuanian: Dovydas m
• Macedonian: Давид (David), Дејвид (Dejvid) (only the English name)
• Malay: Daud
• Maltese: David
• Manx: Davy m
• Maori: Rāwiri
• Middle English: Dauid
• Nepali: डेभिड (ḍebhiḍ)
• Northern Sami: Dávvet
• Norwegian: David (no)
• Old English: Dauid
• Persian: دیوید‎ (deyvid)
• Polish: Dawid (pl) m
• Portuguese: Davi (pt) m
• Russian: Дави́д (ru) (Davíd), Давы́д (ru) m (Davýd), (only the English name) Дэ́йвид m (Dɛ́jvid)
• Scots: Dauvit, Dauid
• Scottish Gaelic: Dàibhidh
• Skolt Sami: Daaʹved
• Slovak: Dávid m
• Spanish: David (es)
• Swedish: David (sv)
• Turkish: Davut
• Uyghur: داۋۇت‎ (dawut)
• Welsh: Dafydd, Dewi, Dewydd
• Westrobothnian: Dåvi m
• Yiddish: דוד‎ (doved)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

David m

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

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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

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdavɪt]

Proper noun

David m

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

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Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -id

Proper noun

David

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

Related terms

• (surname): Davidsen

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.vɪt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Da‧vid

Proper noun

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

• Davidisch

Related terms

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

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French

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

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Proper noun

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

• étoile de David

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German

Pronunciation

• 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)

• Audio (Austria)

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• Hyphenation: Da‧vid

Proper noun

David m (proper noun, strong, genitive Davids)

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

Declension

Declension of David [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	David
genitive	eines	des	Davids
dative	einem	dem	David
accusative	einen	den	David

Derived terms

• Davidstern m (“Star of David”)

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

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

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Italian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

David m

1. a male given name, variant of Davide

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English David.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

David m

1. A male given name in English

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Kapampangan

Etymology 1

From Spanish David.

Proper noun

Davíd

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

Etymology 2

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

Davíd

1. a common surname

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

1. David

Declension

Normally indeclinable, but third declension forms occasionally occur.

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

References

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

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Maltese

Etymology

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

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

Noun

David m

1. David (given name)

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Norwegian

Proper noun

David

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

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English David. Doublet of Davi.

Alternative forms

• Deivid

Pronunciation

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

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈbid/, [d̪aˈβ̞ið̞]

Proper noun

David m

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

Further reading

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

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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 c (genitive Davids)

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

Related terms

• (surnames) Davidsson

References

• 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.

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Spanish David.

Proper noun

David

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

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

David

1. A surname in Kapampangan