Name: David
Gender: Male
Usage: David, of biblical origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name David are in general originating from Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name David across the world, see Dave, Davy, Davíð.
Meaning: The meaning of the name David is: Beloved, Beloved or friend.
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Numerology of the first name David: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 22. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: visionary, successful, leader, innovative, genius.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Successful, Visionary
Ruling planet: Uranus
Colors: Blue, Gray
Gemstones: Sapphire
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The name David is ranked on the 1st position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 25393500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.348% of the population. The name David has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name David for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of David is 29 December.
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History and Origin
David is a common male English and French given name of Hebrew origin. It is also a surname.
The name David is a derivation of an ancient Mesopotamian given name and appears in the Bible as the Biblical Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dāwīḏ pronunciation: [dɔːˈviːð]; Modern Hebrew: [daˈvid]), meaning "Darling" or "Beloved". Dudi is a common nickname for David in Hebrew, while Dave and Davy are common English nicknames. The Arabic and Assyrian versions of David are Daud (pronounced "Da-ood") and Dāwūd داود (pronounced [dæːˈwuːd, dæˈwuːd]).
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, 26 August, 11 December, and 30 December (Hungary, Latvia, Norway).
Biblical: name of the greatest of the Israelite kings, whose history is recounted in 1 Samuel and elsewhere. As a boy he killed the giant Philistine, Goliath, with his slingshot; as king of Judah, and later of all Israel, he expanded the power of the Israelites and established their security. He was also noted as a poet, with many of the Psalms being attributed to him. He had many sons and, according to the gospels, Jesus was descended from him. The Hebrew derivation of the name is uncertain; it is said by some to represent a nursery word meaning ‘darling’. In America this is mainly a Jewish name, but it has no such weighting in Britain, where it is particularly common in Wales and Scotland, having been borne by the patron saint of Wales (see Dewi) and by two medieval kings of Scotland.
Cognates: Scottish Gaelic: Dàibhidh. Irish Gaelic: Dáibhídh. Welsh: Dafydd, Dewi. Polish: Dawid. Finnish: Taavi.
Short form: English: Dave.
Pet forms: English and Scottish: Davy, Davey, Davie. Welsh: Dai.
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