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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
Proper noun
David (countable and uncountable , plural Davids )
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.
( 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 .
1611 , The Holy Bible, (King James Version ), London: Robert Barker , , →OCLC , 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 , Jimmy Carter , “Full Prisons and Legal Killing”, in A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power , Simon & Schuster , →ISBN , →OCLC , 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.
A surname originating as a patronymic common in Wales, in honor of the ancient Saint David of Wales .
( rare ) A female given name , often combined with a feminine middle name (e.g. David Ann ).
A place name:
A city , the capital of Chiriquí province, Panama .
A former unincorporated community in Mitchell County , Iowa , United States .
An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County , Kentucky , United States .
A barangay of Mangaldan , Pangasinan , Philippines .
A barangay of San Jose , Tarlac , Philippines .
Derived terms
Translations
king of Israel
Aghwan: 𐔳𐔰𐕛𐔼𐔸 ( davit )
Albanian: David
Arabic: دَاوُد (ar) m ( dāwūd ) , دَاوُود m ( dāwūd )
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܕܘܝܕ
Armenian: Դաւիթ ( Dawitʻ ) , Դավիթ ( Davitʻ )
Bashkir: Дауыт ( Dawıt )
Bengali: দাউদ (bn) ( daud ) ( Islam ) , ডেভিড ( ḍebhiḍ ) ( Christianity and Judaism )
Bulgarian: Дави́д m ( Davíd )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 大衛 / 大卫 ( daai6 wai6 ) , 達味 / 达味 ( daat6 mei6 ) ( Catholic )
Hakka: 大衛 / 大卫 ( Thai-ví )
Hokkien: 大闢 / 大辟 ( Tāi-pi̍t ) , Ta-bi̍t
Mandarin: 大衛 / 大卫 (zh) ( Dàwèi ) , 達味 / 达味 (zh) ( Dáwèi ) ( Catholic )
Czech: David (cs) m
Danish: David
Dutch: David (nl)
Esperanto: Davido
Estonian: Taavet
Farefare: Adavidi , Davidi
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 ( dāud )
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 )
Lisu: ꓓ-ꓪꓵ ( dɑ-wy )
Lithuanian: Dovydas
Macedonian: Давид ( David )
Malay: Daud
Malayalam: ദാവീദ് ( dāvīdŭ ) , ദവൂദ് ( davūdŭ )
Manchu: ᡩᠠᠪᡳᡨ ( dabit ) , ᡩᠠᠪᡳᡨ ᡥᠠᠨ ( dabit han )
Maore Comorian: Daud
Maori: Rāwiri
Maranao: Daod
Ngazidja Comorian: Daudu
Northern Sami: Dávvet
Norwegian: David (no)
Odia: ଦାଉଦ ( dāuda )
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
Sicilian: Davì m , David m , Dàviti m
Sindhi: دائود
Spanish: David (es)
Swahili: Daudi
Swedish: David (sv)
Tagalog: David ng Israel
Tajik: Довуд (tg) ( Dovud )
Tamil: டேவிட் ( ṭēviṭ ) , டவூட் ( ṭavūṭ )
Tatar: Давыд ( Dawıd )
Tausug: Daud
Telugu: దావీదు ( dāvīdu )
Tibetan: དཱ་བིད ( dā bid )
Turkish: Davut (tr)
Ukrainian: Давид ( Davyd )
Urdu: داؤد علیہ السلام
Uyghur: داۋۇت ( dawut )
Vietnamese: Đa-vít
Welsh: Dafydd m
Wolof: Daawuda
Yiddish: דוד ( doved )
male given name
Afrikaans: Dawid
Albanian: David , Dhavidh , Davud , Daud , Davut , Daut
Arabic: دَاوُود ( dāwūd ) , دَيْفِيد ( dayfīd )
Armenian: Դավիթ ( Davitʻ )
Azerbaijani: Devid
Bashkir: Дауыт ( Dawıt )
Belarusian: Даві́д ( Davíd )
Bengali: ডেভিড ( ḍebhiḍ )
Breton: Dewi
Catalan: David (ca) m
Cherokee: ᏕᏫᏗ ( dewidi )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 大衛 / 大卫 ( daai6 wai6 ) /大衞 / 大卫 ( daai6 wai6 ) , 大卫 ( daai6 wai6 ) , 戴維 / 戴维 ( daai3 wai4 )
Mandarin: 大衛 / 大卫 (zh) ( Dàwèi ) /大衞 / 大卫 (zh) ( Dàwèi ) , 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) ( Ntéivint ) , 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 ( taafit )
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 )
Lisu: ꓓ-ꓪꓵ ( dɑ-wy )
Lithuanian: Dovydas m , Deividas 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
Old Norse: Dáfinnr m , Dáfiðr , Dáviðr
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
Sicilian: Davì m , David m , Dàviti m
Skolt Sami: Daaʹved
Slovak: Dávid m
Spanish: David (es)
Swedish: David (sv)
Tajik: Довуд (tg) ( Dovud )
Turkish: Davut (tr)
Uyghur: داۋۇت ( dawut )
Welsh: Dafydd , Dewi , Dewydd
Yiddish: דוד ( doved )
Albanian
Proper noun
David m
a male given name
Declension
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
David m
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
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Proper noun
David
a male given name from English or Spanish
( biblical ) David
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
David m anim
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David
Declension
Declension of David (hard masculine animate )
Danish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
David
( biblical ) David
a male given name
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin David , from Ancient Greek Δαυίδ ( Dauíd ) , from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈdaː.vɪt/
Hyphenation: Da‧vid
Proper noun
David m
( biblical ) David
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David
a surname originating as a patronymic
Derived terms
Descendants
French
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /da.vid/ , ( archaic or regional ) /da.vi/
Proper noun
David m
( biblical ) David
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David
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 )
Hyphenation: Da‧vid
Proper noun
David m (proper noun , strong , genitive Davids )
( biblical ) David
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David
Declension
Derived terms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
David
David
Declension
Italian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin Dāvīd , from Ancient Greek Δαυίδ ( Dauíd ) , from Hebrew דָּוִד ( davíd ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
David m
a male given name , variant of Davide
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English David .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
David m
A male given name in English
References
Kapampangan
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /dəˈbid/
Hyphenation: Da‧vid
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish David .
Proper noun
Davíd
( biblical ) David
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
a common surname
Lashi
Etymology
Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew דּוד .
Pronunciation
( Waingmaw ) IPA (key ) :
Hyphenation: Da‧vid
Proper noun
David
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
David
The template Template:rfc-sense does not use the parameter(s): 2=This produces "Regum.Caput" where no dot belongs. Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning. (Can we clean up (+ ) this sense?) Vulgata Clementina Liber I Regum.Caput 20.3:
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
David ( given name )
Norwegian
Proper noun
David
( biblical ) David
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David
Portuguese
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
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
a village in Văleni , Neamț County , Romania
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English David
a surname
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /daˈbid/
Rhymes: -id
Syllabification: Da‧vid
Proper noun
David m
( biblical ) David
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
The letter "D" in the Swedish spelling alphabet
Proper noun
David c (genitive Davids )
( biblical ) David
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 )
( biblical ) David
a male given name from English
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish David .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Davíd (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜊᜒᜇ᜔ )
( biblical ) David
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 )
A surname in Kapampangan