David ( name ) - wikipedia David ( name ) David Pronunciation / ˈdeɪvɪd / Gender Male Origin Word / name Hebrew Meaning `` Beloved '' Region of origin Israel and Europe David is a common masculine given name of Biblical Hebrew origin, as King David is a character of central importance in the Hebrew Bible and in Christian, Jewish and Islamic religious tradition. Hebrew : דָּוִד ‬, Modern David, Tiberian Dāwîḏ has the meaning of `` beloved '', from a root דּוֹד dôwd, which had an etymological meaning of `` to boil '', but survives in Biblical Hebrew only in figurative usage `` to love '' and specifically a term for an uncle ( father 's brother ). In Christian tradition, the name was adopted as Syriac : ܕܘܝܕ ‎ Dawid, Greek Δαυίδ, Latin Davidus. The Quranic spelling is دَاوُۥد Dāwūd. David was adopted as a Christian name from an early period, e.g. David of Wales ( 6th century ), David Saharuni ( 7th century ), David I of Iberia ( 9th century ). Name days are celebrated on 8 February ( for David IV of Georgia ), 1 March ( for St. David of Wales ) and 29 December ( for King David ), as well as 25 June ( St. David of Sweden ), 26 June, 9 July ( Russia ), 26 August, 11 December and 30 December ( Hungary, Latvia, Norway ). Contents 1 Hypocorisms 2 Feminine forms 3 Statistics 4 Variants 5 See also 6 References Hypocorisms The oldest, most popular and most commonly used diminutive form in the English speaking countries of David is Dave, which first appeared in written form in the 16th century. The nickname Dave has been used as a name in its own right in the 19th and 20th centuries, at least in the United States. At the height of its popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s, the name Dave was bestowed upon more than 3,000 infants each year. Other common English - language hypocorisms of the name David are Davey, Davie and Davy. The Welsh Dafydd is also abbreviated Dewi, Dai and Daf In Ashkenazi Jewish culture, common hypocorisms of Dovid are Dovi and Dov. Dudi is a common hypocorism in Modern Hebrew. Davo is also used as a nickname, and is quite common in Australia and Armenia, while the nickname Dato ( for Davit ) is popular in the country of Georgia. Feminine forms Feminine forms of the name include Davida, Davetta and Davina. The girl 's name Davinia may derive from David, but it has also been considered a derivation from the Gaelic Devin or a variant of Lavinia. Statistics United Kingdom : David was the most popular masculine given name in Northern Ireland for newborns in 1975 and dropped to a fluctuating rank around 20th in the first few years of the 21st century. United States : David is the second most popular masculine name in the United States. 10,905,563 ( 1 out of 28 ) Americans are named David. Approximately 92,597 Davids are born each year. United States : In 2015, the name David was the 18th most popular name for baby boys in the United States. Variants This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2017 ) Afrikaans : Dawid Albanian : Davidi, Dauti Amharic : Dawït Arabic : modern Arabic spelling : داوود or traditional : داود ( Dāwūd, Daawuud, Daafid, Dawud, Dawood, Da'ud, Daúd ) Armenian Eastern : Դավիթ ( Davitʻ ) Western : Դավիթ ( Tʻavitʻ ) Assamese : দাউদ ( Daud ), ডেভিড ( Devhid ) Azerbaijani : Davud, داوود Biblical Greek : Δαυὶδ, Δαβίδ, Δαυΐδ, Δαυείδ, Δαυίδης Biblical Hebrew : Dawid Bashkir : Дауыт ( Dawït ) Basque : Dabid Bosnian : Davud, Dawud, Daud, Daut Breton : Dewi Bulgarian : Давид, Давидко Catalan : David Cornish : Daveth Croatian : David Czech : David, Davídek Danish : David Dutch : David Esperanto : Davido Estonian : Taavet, Taavi Amharic : Dawit Faroese : Dávur, Dávid, Dávið, Dávi Filipino : David, Davide Finnish : Daavid, Taavetti, Taavi, Taavo French : David Fula : Dauda, Daouda Galician : David Ge'ez : Dawit Georgian : დავით ( Davit ), დათო ( Dato ), დათა ( Data ), დათუჩა ( Datucha ), დათიკო ( Datiko ), დათუნა ( Datuna ) German : David Greek : Δαβίδ ( David ) Gujarati : ડેવિડ ( Ḍēviḍa ) Hausa : Dauda, Daouda Hawaiian : Kawika, Havika, Kāwika Hebrew : Hebrew spelling without diacritics : דויד ‬ or full diacritics : דָּוִד ‬ ( David ) Hindi : दाऊद ( Dāūd ), डेविड ( Ḍēviḍ ) Hungarian : Dávid Icelandic : Davíð Indonesian : Daud Inuktitut : ᑖᕕᑦ ( Taavit ) Irish : Dáibhídh, Dáibhead, Daithí Italian : Davide Japanese : デイビッド ( Deibiddo ), ダビデ ( Dabide ) Kannada : ಡೇವಿಡ್ ( Ḍēviḍ ) Khmer : ដាវីត ( Daaviit ) Korean : 다윗 ( Dawid ) Latin : David, Davidus Latvian : Dāvids, Dāvis Lithuanian : Dovydas, Deividas Malayalam : David, Devassy Macedonian : Давид ( DeJvid ) Manado Malay : Davij, Davi, Dav, Daud Mandarin Simplified Chinese : 戴 维 ( Dàiwéi ), 大 卫 ( Dàwèi ), 大 維 ( Dàwéi ) Mandarin Traditional Chinese : 戴 維 ( Dàiwéi ), 大 衛 ( Dàwèi ), 大 維 ( Dàwéi ) Mandinka : Dawda, Dauda, Daouda Manx : Davy Māori : Rāwiri Marathi : दावीद ( Dāvīda ) Medieval English : Daw Mi'kmaq : Dabit Northern Sami : Dávvet Norwegian : David Persian : داوود or داود ( Davud ) Polish : Dawid Portuguese : Davi ( only in Brazil ), David ( Brazil and Portugal ) Punjabi : ਦਾਊਦ ਨੂੰ ( Dā'ūda nū ) Romanian : David Russian : Давид ( Davíd ), Давыд ( Davýd ), Дэвид ( Dévid ) Samoan : Tavita Scots : Dauvit, Dauid Scottish Gaelic : Dàibheid, Dàibhidh Serbian : Давид ( David ) Skolt Sami : Daa  ́ ved Slovak : Dávid, David Slovenian : David Spanish : David Swahili : Daudi Swedish : David, Dawid Syriac : ܕܘܝܕ ( Dawid or Da'wood ) Tamil : தாவீது ( Daveedu ) Telugu : డేవిడ్ ( Ḍēviḍ ) Thai : เดวิด ( Dewid ) Tiberian : Dāwîḏ Turkish : Davut, Davud Ukrainian : Давид ( Davyd ), Devid Urdu : داؤد ( Dāūd ), ڈیوڈ ( Ḍēviḍ ) Welsh : Dafydd, Dewi, Dai, Dewydd Yiddish : Dóved Yoruba : Dafidi, Dawodu, Dauda. Zulu : uDavide See also List of people named David David ( surname ) Davide Dave ( given name ) Davy ( given name ) Davis ( surname ) Davies Kawika References Jump up ^ Strong 's Concordance H1732 Jump up ^ `` Popular Baby Names ''. ssa.gov. Jump up ^ Although Dai was formerly used as a name in its own right prior to the late 15th century, possibly derived from a Welsh word meaning `` shining ''. The name was very popular in Wales, leading to the situation whereby in England, `` Taffy '' or `` Taff '' ( imitating the Welsh pronunciation of `` Dafydd '' ) became used as a pejorative nickname for Welshmen regardless of their actual name. Jump up ^ `` The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition ''. google.com. Jump up ^ `` Jack and Emma were the most popular first names in Northern Ireland in 2003 '' ( PDF ) ( Press release ). Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 2 January 2004. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 29 September 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2008. 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Question: what is the origin of the name david
Answer: Biblical Hebrew origin