Forename David

Globally, David (David , Давид , דוד , and others...) is a prevalent male first name. The first name David is characteristic of Israel, where it is a prevalent male name, the United States, where it is a widespread boy's name, and the United Kingdom (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Nigeria. Much less frequently, David is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish David is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name David

name Deivids, name Dafydd, name Davys, name Dawe, name Давид, name Devitt, name Dade, name Δαυίδ, name Dáviđ, name Dowson, name Dávid, name Dawyd, name Dovid, name Dawit, name Davíd, name Daviď, name เดวิด, name Davîd, name Davitt, name دیوید, name Daviđ, name Daveed, name Davide, name Daw, name Dàvîd, name 大卫, name 大衛, name Davįd, name Davy, name Daoud, name Dayson, name D., name Dàvïd, name Davyde, name Dávíd, name דוד, name Deason, name David, name Daud, name Davit, name Davıd, name Dave, name Dàvìd, name Dávìd, name Дейвид, name デヴィッド, name Dawid, name ديفيد, name דייוויד, name Davyd, name Dewi, name Dàvíd, name Davïd, name Davìd, name Dauid, name Davidus, name Davīd, name Dow, name Dàvīd, name Дэвид, name Dàvid, name 戴维, name Dawud, name Davey, name Dayes

VARIANT	COUNTRY
David	United Kingdom, United States, Mexico, France, Nigeria
Давид	Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, United States, Israel
דייוויד, דוד	Israel
戴维, 大卫, 大衛	China
Dávid	Australia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, France
ديفيد	Morocco, Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt
เดวิด	Thailand
Дэвид	Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Kazakhstan
Дейвид	Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria
デヴィッド	Japan
دیوید	Iran
Δαυίδ	Greece

First names said to be same

D., Dade, Dafydd, Daoud, Daud, Dauid, Dave, Daveed, Davey, Davide, Davidus, Davit, Davitt, Daviď, Daviđ, Davy, Davyd, Davyde, Davys, Davìd, Davíd, Davîd, Davïd, Davīd, Davįd, Davıd, Daw, Dawe, Dawid, Dawit, Dawud, Dawyd, Dayes, Dayson, Deason, Deivids, Devitt, Dewi, Dovid, Dow, Dowson, Dàvid, Dàvìd, Dàvíd, Dàvîd, Dàvïd, Dàvīd, Dáviđ, Dávìd, Dávíd,

First name David in the context

David is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: David , the king of Israel and Judah, Song of Songs; David Palmer , the character from the television series 24; David Dunn , the fictional superhero portrayed by Bruce Willis, Unbreakable; David , the fictional character from the video game The Last of Us and David Kawena , the fictional character from Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	david saharuni Armenian noble (b. 550)
	davide Italian bishop (b. 701)
	david (b. 700)
	anan ben david major founder of the Karaite movement of Judaism (b. 715)
	david ii de gagagh (b. 780)
	david von lausanne (b. 800)
	david ben zakkai Exilarch (b. 850)
	david bagration Georgian prince (b. 900)
	david ibn merwan al-mukkamas Medieval Iraqi rabbi (b. 950)
	david arianites Byzantine general (b. 1000)
	david of hungary Hungarian priest (b. 1053)
	david (b. 1000)
	david i of volhynia (b. 1055)
	david i of scotland King of Scots, Prince of the Cumbrians, GB (b. 1084)
	david ben daniel Palestinian Jewish leader (11th cent.), EG (b. 1078)

Characteristic surnames

Lee, Garcia, Taylor, Thomas, Torres, Nelson, Harris, Walker, Wilson, Wright, Sanchez, Ramirez, Roberts, Jackson, Johnson, Martinez, Anderson, Robinson, Gonzalez, Thompson, Oliveira, Williams, Santos, Miller, Martin, Young, King, Hall, Hill, Moore, Silva, Souza, Scott, Smith, Allen, Adams, Rodriguez, Clark, Brown, Perez, Davis, Gomez, Green, Lewis, Lopez, Jones, Evans, White, Baker, and Hernandez