Boy · Hebrew
David
Say it: DAY-vid
Meaning
Hebrew Dawid, usually read as 'beloved'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used early in Wales and Scotland through Saint David and King David I, and among the commonest names worldwide in the 20th century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1950s
In the United States
- 3,651,803 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1955, about 1 in 24 boys
- 8,163 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
HebrewEarly ChristianEnglishAmericanFrenchSpanishItalianPortugueseGermanPolishWelshScottish
The family of the name
Other spellings: Davy, Dafydd
| French | David |
|---|---|
| Spanish | David |
| Italian | Davide |
| Portuguese | Davi |
| German | David |
| Polish | Dawid |
| Welsh | Dafydd |
| Georgian | Daviti |
Famous bearers
- David, king of Israel
- Saint David, patron saint of Wales
- David I, king of Scotland
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.