Origin and meaning of David

David
Hebrew
Male
beloved one
Meaning&Origin
David is a Hebrew boys name.
The meaning of the name is `beloved one `.
Where is it used?
The name David is mainly used in English, Jewish, French, Russian, Czech and in the bible.
How do they say it elsewhere?
Dewey (In Welsh)
Dewi (In Welsh)
Dafydd (In Welsh)
Daividh (In Scottish)
Dàibhidh (In Scottish)
Dawid (In Polish)
Dawud (In Muslim)
Dovid (In Jewish)
Davide (In Italian)
Daud (In Indian)
Dávid (In Hungarian)
Taavetti (In Finnish)
Taavi (In Finnish)
Daveth (In Cornish)
If it's too long people might use
In English: Dave
For the opposite sex use:
In English: Davida (F)
In English: Davina (F)
In Other languages: Davena (F)
In Other languages: Davinia (F)
See also
In Welsh: Taffy (M)
In Welsh: Dai (M)
In Jewish: Dudel (M)
In English: Davie (M)
In English: Davy (M)
In English: Davey (M)
In Other languages: Vina
Statistics
The name David was given to 18440 babies in the USA in 2004. David was the number 17 name that year. In 2005, the name was given to 18014 babies making it the number 14 name that year.
-www.talkingbabies.com