Given name

Dávið

Dávið is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Faroese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Dávið comes from Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Dávið’s family of names

In Faroese usage, Dávið has a conventional equivalent in the English form David. In Faroese usage, Dávið has a related form in Dávid. In Faroese usage, Dávið has a related form in Dávid.

Walk Dávið’s family in the name graph

DáviðDávurDávidDavid大衛

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

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Around the world

Dávið has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.

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4 related names in 5 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.

Nicknames & forms 2

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

Across languages 2

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

Similar names

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

Hebrew

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Davido

Davido is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Esperanto.

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Danjell

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Hebrew · Biblical

Dodai

“lovely” · “beloved of Yah”

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>99% boys

Hebrew

Dabar-YHWH

“word of YHWH” · “the formalization of everything”

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>99% boys

Hebrew

Leví

“devoted”

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Hebrew · Biblical

Diblaim

“two fig cakes”

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>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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

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