Given name · Greek

Ντέιβιντ

“Beloved”·“darling”

Ντέιβιντ (Ntéivint) is a masculine given name. It is used in Greek.

GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: David.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Ντέιβιντ is David written in the Greek alphabet. “Beloved” or “darling” is a traditional interpretation. The original linguistic explanation is less certain than that familiar meaning may suggest.

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Ντέιβιντ is David written in the Greek alphabet. David is a Hebrew biblical name, although its precise Hebrew derivation remains uncertain.

Explained through its name family

Ντέιβιντ’s family of names

In Greek usage, Ντέιβιντ has a conventional equivalent in the English form David. In Greek usage, Ντέιβιντ has a transliteration in Déivint. In Greek usage, Ντέιβιντ can be written in the Roman alphabet as Ntéivint.

Walk Ντέιβιντ’s family in the name graph

ΝτέιβιντDéivintNtéivintDavid大衛

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Ντέιβιντ has relatives in 4 languages.

GreekChinese

4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Ντέιβιντ, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Aarón

“enlightener”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Biblical

Emmonuel

“God is with us”

No U.S. birth series

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Hebrew · Biblical

Ahasbai

“i flee to the Lord” · “or let me hide”

No U.S. birth series

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Hebrew · Biblical

Gemalli

“pertaining to the camel” · “pertaining to investing”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Noè

Noè is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Italian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Biblical

Thacca

“full of laughter”

No U.S. birth series

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Biblical

Samuello

“God has heard” · “asked of God”

No U.S. birth series

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Hebrew · Biblical

Benjamina

“child of my right hand” · “son of the right hand”

No U.S. birth series

95% boys · 5% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Ντέιβιντ’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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