Given name · also Late Latin
Dovydas
Dovydas is a masculine given name from Late Latin, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Dovydas comes from Late Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Late Latin Dāvīdus, from Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ, from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Dovydas’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Dovydas shares a linguistic root with the German form David. In Lithuanian usage, Dovydas has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Dawid. In Lithuanian usage, Dovydas has a conventional equivalent in the English form David.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Dovydas has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dovydas
- Dovydas NemeravičiusLithuanian rowerborn 1996
- Dovydas NeverauskasLithuanian professional baseball playerborn 1993
- Dovydas KulevičiusLithuanian ice hockey playerborn 1982
- Dovydas RedikasLithuanian basketball player (born 1992)
- Dovydas StankūnasLithuanian rowerborn 2000
- Dovydas GiedraitisLithuanian basketball player (born 2000)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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“who is like Yahweh”
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