David

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David


David

a male given name from English or Spanish

From English David, from Koine Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), Δαβίδ (Dabíd), from the Biblical Hebrew דּוד (Dāwîḏ, literally “beloved”). Also from Spanish David.


David

David (nominative singular)
Davidové (nominative plural)
Davida (genitive singular)
Davidů (genitive plural)
Davidovi (dative singular)
Davidu (dative singular)
Davidům (dative plural)
Davida (accusative singular)
Davidy (accusative plural)
Davide (singular vocative)
Davidové (plural vocative)
Davidovi (locative singular)
Davidu (locative singular)
Davidech (locative plural)
Davidem (instrumental singular)
Davidy (instrumental plural)


David

Ultimately from Latin David, from Ancient Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד.


David

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.

1994, Caroline Knapp, The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays, Counterpoint Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 169:

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.

2000, Anne Rice, Merrick, Ballantine Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 157:

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.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 23:1-2:

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.

2014, Jimmy Carter, “Full Prisons and Legal Killing”, in A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 39:

(biblical) The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of King Saul in the Old Testament; the son of Jesse and the father of Nathan and King Solomon.

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 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.

en-proper noun

David (countable and uncountable, plural Davids)

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”).


David

de-proper noun

David m (proper noun, strong, genitive Davids)

Davids (genitive)
David (nominative singular)
Davids (genitive singular)
David (dative singular)
David (accusative singular)

some speakers in the very north of Germany


David

David (nominative singular)
Davidek (nominative plural)
Davidet (accusative singular)
Davideket (accusative plural)
Davidnek (dative singular)
Davideknek (dative plural)
Daviddel (instrumental singular)
Davidekkel (instrumental plural)
Davidért (causal-final singular)
Davidekért (causal-final plural)
Daviddé (singular translative)
Davidekké (plural translative)
Davidig (singular terminative)
Davidekig (plural terminative)
Davidként (essive-formal singular)
Davidekként (essive-formal plural)
Davidben (inessive singular)
Davidekben (inessive plural)
Daviden (singular superessive)
Davideken (plural superessive)
Davidnél (adessive singular)
Davideknél (adessive plural)
Davidbe (illative singular)
Davidekbe (illative plural)
Davidre (singular sublative)
Davidekre (plural sublative)
Davidhez (allative singular)
Davidekhez (allative plural)
Davidből (elative singular)
Davidekből (elative plural)
Davidről (delative singular)
Davidekről (delative plural)
Davidtől (ablative singular)
Davidektől (ablative plural)
Davidé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Davideké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
Davidéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Davidekéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
Davidem (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Davidjeim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
Davided (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Davidjeid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Davidje (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Davidjei (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Davidünk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Davidjeink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
Davidetek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Davidjeitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Davidjük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Davidjeik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


David

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


David

Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.


David

Et iuravit rursum Davidi.

Vulgata Clementina Liber I Regum.Caput 20.3

la-proper noun

Dāvīd m sg (genitive Dāvīdis); third declension

Dāvīd m and Dāvīd (canonical masculine singular)
Dāvīdis (genitive)
Dāvīd (nominative singular)
Dāvīdis (genitive singular)
Dāvīdī (dative singular)
Dāvīda (accusative singular)
Dāvīdem (accusative singular)
Dāvīde (ablative singular)
Dāvīd (singular vocative)

la-ndecl

Normally indeclinable, but third declension forms occasionally occur.

[ˈd̪äːu̯iːd̪]

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


David

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.


David

a male given name from English, equivalent to English David

Unadapted borrowing from English David. Doublet of Davi.


David

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English David

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


David

The letter "D" in the Swedish spelling alphabet

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


David

[ˈd̪eɪ̯.vɪd̪̚]

[ˈd̪eɪ̯.bɪd̪̚]


David

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