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Given name · Arabic · Malay

داود

داود (dāwud) is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Arabic.

Arabic and MalayWritten in Arabic script, read right to left.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

داود comes from Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwīḏ).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

داود’s family of names

In Arabic usage, داود has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Dawid. In Persian usage, داود has a related form in داوود.

Walk داود’s family in the name graph

داودداوودDavidDawidدَاوُد

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

داود has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.

Hebrew

2 related names in 3 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. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

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

Across languages 3

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

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“Jah is my God”

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Sibling ideas

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