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Etymology
From the Greek �α�ίδ from the Hebrew �ּ��

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-David.ogg|Audio (US)
a|Canada IPA|/deɪvɪd/

Proper noun
en-proper noun|s|-

1. given name|male; Hebrew for "beloved".
2. biblical character The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of Saul.
3. A Welsh patronymic surname from which are derived the surnames Davis, Davies, Davidson and Davison.

Derived terms
Dave
Davo (Australian)
Davy
Son of David
Star of David

Translations
trans-top|male given name
Afrikaans: Dawid
Arabic: Arab|دا��د (d�wūd), Arab|د���د (d�fid)
Breton: Dewi
Czech: #Czech|David m
Danish: #Danish|David
Finnish: Taavetti, Taavi
French: David#French|David
German: #German|David
Greek: ��έιβιν� (Deivid)
Hawaiian: K�wika
Hebrew: ��� (davíd)
Italian: Davide#Italian|Davide
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Maltese: David
Manx: Davy
Norwegian: #Norwegian|David
Portuguese: Davi m
Russian: �авид (Davíd)
Scottish Gaelic: Dàibhidh
Slovak: Dávid#Slovak|Dávid m
Spanish: Davíd#Spanish|Davíd
Swedish: #Swedish|David
Welsh: Dafydd
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trans-top|king of Judah
Albanian: Mbreti David
Arabic: Arab|دا�د
Chinese: 大�, 大� (Dàwèi)
Croatian: Kralj David
Danish: David
Dutch: Koning David
Esperanto: Davido
Finnish: Daavid
Friulian: Davide
German: David
Greek: �αβίδ
Hebrew: ��� (david)
Hungarian: Dávid király
Indonesian: Daud
Italian: Davide
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Japanese: ��� (dabide)
Korean: �� � (dawit wang)
Kurdish: Dawid
Lithuanian: Dovydas
Norwegian: David
Persian: fa-Arab|دا��د
Polish: Dawid
Russian: �авид (Davíd)
Serbian: ��а� �авид
Swedish: David
Tagalog: David ng Israel
Turkish: Davud
Ukrainian: �авид
Urdu: ur-Arab|داؤد ع��� ا�س�ا�
Wolof: Daawuda
Yiddish: ��� ����
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Category:Male given names from Hebrew

Czech

Proper noun
David m

1. given name|male||cs:, equivalent of English #English|David.

Category:Czech proper nouns

Danish

Proper noun
David

1. biblical character|lang=da #English|David
2. given name|male||da:

French

Proper noun
David m

1. given name|male||fr: of biblical origin.

German

Proper noun
David

1. biblical character|lang=de David.
2. given name|male||de:.

Norwegian

Proper noun
David

1. biblical character|lang=no David.
2. given name|male||no:.

Swedish

Proper noun
David

1. biblical character|lang=sv David.
2. given name|male||sv:.

zh-min-nan:David
de:David
et:David
fr:David
hu:David
ru:David
sl:David
fi:David
sv:David

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