English Explanatory Dictionary

David

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name from Hebrew.
  2. The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of King Saul in the Hebrew Bible; the son of Jesse and the father of Nathan and King Solomon.
  3. A surname originating as a patronymic common in Wales, in honor of the ancient Saint David of Wales.
  4. A female given name, often combined with a feminine middle name (e.g. David Ann).
  5. A place name:
  6. A city, the capital of Chiriquí province, Panama.
  7. A former unincorporated community in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States.
  8. An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.
  9. A barangay of Mangaldan, Pangasinan, Philippines.
  10. A barangay of San Jose, Tarlac, Philippines.
noun
  1. A person or group considered unlikely to prevail; an underdog.

Pronunciation

/ˈdeɪvɪd/ /ˈdeɪvəd/ en-us-David.ogg en-uk-David.ogg

Word forms

David Davids

Etymology

From Middle English David, Davyd, Davyde, from Old English Dauid, David, from Late Latin Dāvīd, from Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d), from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ, literally “beloved”).

Synonyms

little man

Related words

Dave Davey Davie Davy Davo Davina Dade Daffey Daffy Dakin Daukes Davage Davidge Davids Davidson Davies Davis Davison Davitt Davys Daw Dawe Dawes Dawkes Dawkin Dawkins Daws Dawson Day Dayes Daykin Dayson Deason Devitt Deyes Dow Dowe Dowson McDade McDaid McDavid McDevitt McKevitt Taaffe

Derived words

Barton St David Camp David David-and-Goliath David City David HaMelech davidi Davidian harp of David King David's harp Mogen David Mount David Saint David Shield of David Son of David Star of David St Davids

Translations

Afrikaans: Dawid Albanian: David Albanian: Dhavidh Albanian: Davud Albanian: Daud Albanian: Davut Albanian: Daut Arabic: دَاوُود Arabic: دَيْفِيد Lishana Deni: דוד Lishana Deni: דויד Armenian: Դավիթ Azerbaijani: Devid Bashkir: Дауыт Belarusian: Даві́д Bengali: ডেভিড Breton: Dewi Bulgarian: Дави́д Bulgarian: Де́йвид Catalan: David Cherokee: ᏕᏫᏗ Chinese Cantonese: 大衛 /大卫/大衞 /大卫 Chinese Cantonese: 大卫 Chinese Cantonese: 戴維 /戴维 Chinese Mandarin: 大衛 /大卫/大衞 /大卫 Chinese Mandarin: 大卫 Chinese Mandarin: 戴維 /戴维 Czech: David Danish: David Dutch: David Esperanto: Davido Estonian: Taavet Estonian: Taavi Faroese: Dávur Faroese: Dávid Faroese: Dávið Finnish: Taavetti Finnish: Taavi French: David Ge'ez: ዳዊት Georgian: დავით German: David Greek: Ντέιβιντ Greek: Δαβίδ Hausa: Dauda Hawaiian: Kāwika Hebrew: דָּוִד Hindi: डेविड Hungarian: Dávid Icelandic: Davíð Indonesian: Daud Indonesian: David Inuktitut: ᑖᕕᑦ Irish: Dáibhí Irish: Dáithí Italian: Davide Japanese: デイヴィッド Japanese: ダビド Japanese: デヴィッド Japanese: デービッド Kazakh: Дәуіт Khmer: ដាវីត
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