Given name

dāwūd

dāwūd is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

dāwūd is a romanization of داوود. داوود comes from Arabic, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.

Explained through its name family

dāwūd’s family of names

In Persian usage, dāwūd is a Roman-alphabet rendering of داوود.

Walk dāwūd’s family in the name graph

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The ring: spellings.

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Sibling ideas

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