Given name · also Latin
Davíð
Davíð is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Davíð comes from Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Latin Dāvīd, from Ancient Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ, from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Davíð’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Davíð has a diminutive in DABBI. In Icelandic usage, Davíð has a conventional equivalent in the English form David. In Icelandic usage, Davíð has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Dawid.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Davíð has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
4 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Davíð
- Davíð OddssonIcelandic politician1948–2026
- Davíð StefánssonIcelandic poet, novelist and playwright (1895-1964)
- Davíð ViðarssonIcelandic footballerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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Dauid
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