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

VARIANT	COUNTRY
David	Nigeria, Mexico, France, United States, United Kingdom
Давид	Bulgaria, Ukraine, Israel, United States, Russia
דוד, דייוויד	Israel
大卫, 大衛, 戴维	China
Dávid	Australia, Spain, France, United States, United Kingdom
ديفيد	Egypt, Sudan, Morocco, Iraq, Lebanon
เดวิด	Thailand
Дэвид	Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Lithuania
Дейвид	Ukraine, Russia, 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)

Forename David

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name David

First names said to be same

First name David in the context

Notable namesakes

Characteristic surnames