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דוד

דוד (davíd) is a masculine given name from Proto-Semitic. It is used in Hebrew and Yiddish.

Hebrew and YiddishWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: David.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

דוד comes from Proto-Semitic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

דוד’s family of names

In Lishana Deni usage, דוד has a diminutive in דאויסכא. In Hebrew usage, דוד has a later derivative in დავითი. In Yiddish usage, דוד has a conventional equivalent in the English form David.

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דוד has relatives in 10 languages.

8 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

דאויסכאdiminutive · lsd

Spellings & scripts 4

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

Across languages 10

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

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