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, 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):(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, 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.
    • 2021 January 28, Chandelis Duster, “Parkland shooting survivor calls for House GOP leader to denounce Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene”, in CNN:
      Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg called on Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Thursday to denounce Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has faced intense criticism this week over incendiary remarks she made in recent years as well as a viral video in which she harasses Hogg.
  2. (biblical) The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of King Saul in the Hebrew Bible; the son of Jesse and the father of Nathan and King Solomon.
  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.
    4. A barangay of Mangaldan, Pangasinan, Philippines.
    5. A barangay of San Jose, Tarlac, Philippines.

Derived terms

Translations

Albanian

Proper noun

David m

  1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of David
singular
indefinite definite
nominative David Davidi
accusative Davidin
dat./abl. Davidi Davidit

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
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Proper noun

David

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

Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

David m anim

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

Declension

Danish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

David

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

Dutch

Alternative forms

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 surname originating as a patronymic

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: Dawid

French

Pronunciation

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

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

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaːvɪt/ (normal)
  • IPA(key): /ˈdaːˌviːt/ (some speakers in the very north of Germany)
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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

Derived terms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

David

  1. David

Declension

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

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

David m

  1. a male given name, variant of Davide

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English David.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

David m

  1. A male given name in English

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 David in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Kapampangan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dəˈbid/
  • Hyphenation: Da‧vid

Etymology 1

Borrowed 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 dauit?”)

Proper noun

Davíd

  1. a common surname

Lashi

Etymology

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew דּוד.

Pronunciation

  • (Waingmaw) IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: Da‧vid

Proper noun

David

  1. David (biblical character)
    • 2005, “2 Samuela 14:19 ”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ, page 879:
      David gi nyang꞉ ri «He꞉ mooˮ zooˮ nang ri Yoab koid nhang꞉ anghoid laˮ» ga꞉ myid꞉ bye꞉.
      David asked her: «Joab made you do this deed, did he not?»

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

  1. David
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      Et iuravit rursum Davidi.
      And he swore again to David.

Declension

Normally indeclinable, but third declension forms occasionally occur.

Derived terms

References

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

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)

Norwegian

Proper noun

David

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English David. Doublet of Davi.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /dejˈvi.d͡ʒi/ , /dejˈvid͡ʒ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /dejˈvid͡ʒ/ , /dejˈvi.d͡ʒi/
 

Proper noun

David m

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

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

David m

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daˈbid/
  • Rhymes: -id
  • Syllabification: Da‧vid

Proper noun

David m

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

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

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

Interjection

David

  1. The letter "D" in the Swedish spelling alphabet

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
  • 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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English David.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

David (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌ᜔ᜊᜒᜇ᜔)

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish David.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Davíd (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜊᜒᜇ᜔)

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

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Kapampangan David. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Davíd (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜊᜒᜇ᜔)

  1. A surname in Kapampangan