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{{Infobox Given Name Revised
| name = David
| image= Michelangelos David.jpg
| imagesize= 200 px
| caption= [[Michelangelo]]'s statue of the [[David (biblical king)|biblical David]].
| pronunciation= {{IPA-en|ˈdeɪvɪd|}}
| gender = Male
| meaning =''"beloved"''
| region =
| origin = Hebrew
| related names =
| footnotes =
|}}
'''David''' is a common [[English language|English]] [[male]] [[given name]] and [[surname]].
The name "David" ({{pron-en|ˈdeɪvɪd}} {{respell|DAY|vid}}) is derived from the [[Biblical Hebrew]] name '''דָּוִד''' ''({{Unicode|Dāwiḏ}}'' {{IPA-he|daːˈvið|IPA}}), meaning "Beloved". The most important bearer of the name is [[David]], the second king of a united [[United Monarchy|Kingdom of Israel]] and a major figure in the [[Bible]] and the [[Qur'an]]. The name occurs over 1000 times in the [[Hebrew Bible]], making it the third most often-occurring name, after [[Moses]] and [[Abraham]]. In [[Israel]], "Dudi" is a common [[nickname]] for David, in the same way [[William (name)|Bill]] is for [[William (name)|William]] in English.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=ID_X-Zi9jEcC&pg=PA342&dq=%22Dudi+for+David%22&sig=59ZI6bNvyTxAE1_A_yW3eXMyqJk The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition - Page 342 by Dan Isaac Slobin]</ref>.

The [[Arabic]] and [[Persian language|Persian]] versions are Daud (pronounced " Da-ood") and Dawood (pronounced " Da-wood"), respectively. Both versions are used in [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Urdu]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and also in [[Indonesia]] and [[Malaysia]] among [[Muslim]] families. The [[Quran]] has many references to Daud.

[[Name day]]s are celebrated on 1 March (for [[St. David|St. David of Wales]]) and 29 December (for [[King David]]), as well as 25 June ([[Saint David (Sweden)|St. David of Sweden]]), 26 June, 26 August, 11 December, and 30 December ([[Norway]]).

David is often shortened to "Davey/Davie/Davy" (additionally, in Wales, such variants as "Dafydd" and "Dewi" and such diminutives as "Dai", "Daf" and "Taff/Taffy" are fairly common, although "Dai" was formerly a name in its own right, meaning "shining" in Welsh, prior to the reign of King Henry VII). The oldest, most popular and most commonly-used diminutive form in the English speaking countries of "David" is "Dave", which first appeared in written form in the sixteenth century (but is probably much older). In South Africa and Australia it is also a common practice in the Jewish culture to apply the nicknames "Dovi" and "Dov". The nickname "Dave" has been used as a name in its own right in the 19th and 20th centuries, at least in the U.S. At the height of its popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s, the name Dave was bestowed upon more than 3,000 infants each year.<ref>[http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/ U.S. Social Security Administration. "Popular Baby Names."]</ref> "Davo" is also used as a nickname, and is quite common in [[Armenia]] and [[Australia]].

Another less common variant is "Daveth", the origin of which is uncertain (but could be an anglicised form of the Welsh "Dafydd").

Female equivalents of the name David include "Davida" (no longer in common usage) and "Davina", the latter of which is very popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The girl's name "Davinia" may also have originated from David, though some have argued it is actually the female version of the [[Goidelic languages|Gaelic]] name "[[Devin (name)|Devin]]".

==In other languages==
* [[Albanian language|Albanian]]: Davidi
* [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: داؤود (Da'ud, Da'oud, Da'wud, Da'wood etc.)
* [[Armenian language|Armenian]]: Davit
* [[Bosnian language|Bosnian]]: Davud, Dawud, Daud, Daut
* [[Catalan language|Catalan]]: David
* [[Cornish language|Cornish]]: Daveth
* [[Czech language|Czech]]: David
* [[Finnish language|Finnish]]: Taavetti
* [[French language|French]]: David
* [[Galician language|Galician]]: Davide
* [[Georgian language|Georgian]]: Dato
* [[German language|German]]: David
* [[Greek language|Greek]]: Δαβίδ (David)
* [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: דויד (David)
* [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]: Dávid
* [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]: Davíð
* [[Irish language|Irish]]: Dáibhead, Dáibheid, Daithí
* [[Italian language|Italian]]: Davide
* [[Japanese language|Japanese]]: デイビッド (Deividdo)
* [[Korean language|Korean]]: 다빗, 데이비드
* [[Latin language|Latin]]: Davidis
* [[Latvian language|Latvian]]: Dāvids
* [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]: Davidas, Davydas, Dovydas
* [[Mandarin_Chinese language|Mandarin Chinese]]: 戴维 (Dài-wéi)
* [[Persian language|Persian]]: داوود (Davud)
* [[Polish language|Polish]]: Dawid, Dawyd
* [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: Davi, David
* [[Romanian language|Romanian]]: David
* [[Russian language|Russian]]: Давид (David)
* [[Scottish Gaelic language|Scottish Gaelic]]: Dàibheid, Dàibhidh
* [[Serbian language|Serbian]]: Давид (David)
* [[Slovak language|Slovak]]: Dávid, David
* [[Spanish language|Spanish]]: David
* [[Turkish language|Turkish]]: Davud, Dâvud
* [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]: Давид (Davyd)
* [[Welsh language|Welsh]]: Dafydd, Dewi
* [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]]: Dovid

==Frequency information==
* [[Northern Ireland]]: "David" was the most popular masculine given name for newborns in 1975 and had dropped into a fluctuating rank around 20th in the first few years of the 21st Century.<ref>{{cite press release
| title = Jack and Emma were the most popular first names in Northern Ireland in 2003
| publisher = [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]]
| date = 2004-01-02 | accessdate = 2008-02-14
| url = http://www.groni.gov.uk/Publication/512004111434.pdf | format = PDF
| quote = (see tables "Comparison with 1975" and "Top 20 Names 2000-2003")
}}</ref>

==People with the given name David==
{{given name|David|nocat}}

===Monarchs===
* '''[[David (biblical king)|David]], the Biblical King of Israel''' (c. 1011&ndash;971 BC)
*[[Edward VIII]] of Great Britain, whose name in personal use was [[David]]

* [[History of Armenia|'''Princes of Armenia''']]
**[[David Saharuni]]
**[[David Bek]]

* [[Emperor of Ethiopia|'''Emperors of Ethiopia''']]
** David I or [[Dawit I of Ethiopia]]
** David II or [[Dawit II of Ethiopia]]
** David III or [[Dawit III of Ethiopia]]

* [[List of the Kings of Georgia|'''Kings of Georgia''']], [[Tao-Klarjeti|'''Princes of Tao''']]
** [[David I Kuropalates]]
** [[David II of Georgia]]
** [[David III of Tao]]
** [[David IV of Georgia]]
** [[David V of Georgia]]
** [[David VI Narin]]
** [[David VII Ulu]]
** [[David VIII of Georgia]]
* [[List of monarchs of Scotland|'''Kings of Scots''']]
** [[David I of Scotland]]
** [[David II of Scotland]]

* [[Prince of Wales|'''Princes of Wales''']]
** [[Dafydd ap Gruffydd]]
** [[Dafydd ap Llywelyn]]
**[[Duke of Windsor]] formerly [[Prince of Wales]] later [[Edward VIII]]
====Other monarchs====
* David (Da'ud), an 11th-century CE ruler of the [[Seljuk Turks]]
* [[David of Taman]], Khazar ruler of the late 900s CE

===Saints===
* [[Saint David]], patron saint of Wales
* [[Saint David (Sweden)]]
* [[Saint David of Muscovy]] or Gleb, brother of saint Roman of Muscovy or Boris, and son of saint Vladimir

===Actors===
* [[David Arquette]], American actor, director, producer
* [[David Boreanaz]], American actor
* [[David Carradine]], American actor
* [[David Caruso]], American actor
* [[Dave Chappelle]], American comedian
* [[David Abraham Cheulkar]] (1908-1981), Indian actor known as "David"
* [[David Cross]], American actor
* [[David Dayan Fisher]], American actor
* [[David DeLuise]], American actor
* [[David Dorfman]], American actor
* [[David Duchovny]], American actor
* [[Dave Foley]], Canadian actor/Comedian
* [[David Gasman]], American actor and director
* [[David Hasselhoff]] (b. 1952), American actor, singer, songwriter
* [[David Hemmings]], British actor
* [[David Henrie]], American actor
* [[David Hewlett]], English-born Canadian actor
* [[David Jason]], (b. 1940), British actor
* [[David Kaye]], Canadian actor
* [[David Letterman]], American comedian
* [[David Mitchell (actor)|David Mitchell]], British comedian/writer
* [[David Moscow]], American actor
* [[David Niven]] (1910-1983), English actor
* [[David Nykl]], Czech-born Canadian actor
* [[David Ogden Stiers]], American actor and musician
* [[David Reivers]] American actor
* [[David Palffy]], Canadian actor
* [[David Schwimmer]], American actor
* [[David Soul]]. American actor
* [[David Spade]], American comic actor
* [[David Tennant]], Scottish actor
* [[David Thewlis]], English actor
* [[David Walliams]], (b. 1971), British comedy actor
* [[David Wain]], American

===Biologists===
*[[David Attenborough]]
*[[David Bellamy]]
*[[David Suzuki]]

===Government figures, politicians===
* [[David Blunkett]]
* [[David Byrne (politician)]] (b. 1947), Irish and European official
* [[David Cameron]], UK Conservative Party leader
* David, an alias of [[Joseph Stalin]]
* [[Dwight David Eisenhower]], 34th President of the United States
* [[David Lam]], Canada's first Asian-Canadian Lieutenant-Governor
* [[David Lloyd George]] Welsh Liberal Prime Minister of Britain 1916-1922
* [[David Miliband]]
* [[David Owen]] (born 1938), UK politician, Labour Foreign Secretary (1977-1979); SDP founder, and leader (1983-1987)
* [[David Ryon]], (born 1969), US politician, Independent Candidate for Mayor of Hilliard, Ohio (1999); Republican Candidate for Congress 12th District Ohio (2008); Constitution Party Candidate for Congress 15th District Ohio (2010)
* [[David Steel]], (born 1938), UK politician, leader of Liberal Party (1976-1988)

===Music artists===
* [[David Archuleta]] (b. 1990), 2008 ''[[American Idol]]'' (TV Show) runner-up
* [[David Cook (singer)|David Cook]] (b. 1982), 2008 ''[[American Idol]]'' (TV Show) winner
* [[David Bowie]] (b. 1947), British rock singer, songwriter, producer
* [[David Usher]] (b. 1966), British rock singer-songwriter
* [[David Gray (musician)|David Gray]] (b. 1968), British rock singer-songwriter
* [[David Coverdale]] (b. 1951) British hard rock vocalist
* [[The Edge|David H. Evans]] (b. 1961), known as [[The Edge]], guitarist in Irish rock band [[U2]]
* [[David Draiman]] (b. 1973), vocalist of the band Disturbed
* [[David Gahan]], lead singer of the band [[Depeche Mode]]
* [[Dave Gilmour]] (b. 1946), British rock singer-songwriter
* [[David Lee Roth]] (b. 1953), American rock singer-songwriter
* [[Dave Lombardo]] (b. 1965), drummer for [[Slayer]]
* [[David Paich]] (b. 1954), keyboardist of Grammy-winning band [[Toto (band)|Toto]]
* [[Davey Havok]] (b. 1975), American vocalist of the band [[AFI (band)|AFI]]
* [[Dave Matthews]] (b. 1967), South African-born singer, guitarist
* [[Dave Grohl]] (b. 1969), American drummer with [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], then [[Foo Fighters]]
* [[David Byrne (musician)|David Byrne]] (b. 1952), musician and former [[Talking Heads]] frontman
* [[David Desrosiers]], member of Simple Plan
* [[Dave Mustaine]], member of [[Metallica]] and [[Megadeth]]
* [[David Ellefson]], member of Megadeth
* [[David & David]], 1980s pop group consisting of two men named David
* [[Dave Abbruzzese]] (b. 1968), American drummer with [[Pearl Jam]]
* [[David Tao]], (b. 1969), Taiwanese singer-songwriter
* [[Davy Jones (actor)]], formerly of [[The Monkees]]
* [[David Pybus]], bassist of British heavy metal group Cradle of Filth
* [[Dave Navarro]], guitarist with [[Jane's Addiction]] and [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
* [[David Crowder]], singer of a 6-piece Christian electronic rock and worship band from Waco, Texas
* [[David Silveria]], former drummer of [[KoRn]]

===Sports===
* [[David Abrard]] (born 1976), French butterfly swimmer
* [[David Álvarez Aguirre]], naturalized Equatoguinean footballer
* [[David Andersen]], Australian professional basketball player
* [[David Archuleta (kickboxer)]], American kickboxer, former United States Air Force airman
* [[Dave Andreychuk]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[Dave Batista|David Bautista]], American professional wrestler
* [[David Beckham]], English footballer
* [[David Bentley]], English footballer
* [[David Belle]], French founder of [[Parkour]]
* [[David Bishop (Athlete)]], British junior athlete
* [[David Byrne (English footballer)]] (born 1961), English football player
* [[David Byrne (South African footballer)]], (born c. 1961), South African soccer player and coach
* [[David Cloke]], Australian rules footballer
* [[David Coulthard]], Scottish [[Formula One]] racer
* [[David Eckstein]], baseball player for the [[Toronto Blue Jays]], Cardinals 2006 World Series MVP
* [[David Ferrer]], Spanish tennis player
* [[David Ginola]], French footballer
* [[David James (footballer)|David James]], English footballer
* [[David Lighty]], American college basketball player for [[Ohio State University]]
* [[David Lyons (swimmer)|David Lyons]], American swimmer
* [[David Monasterio]], Puerto Rican swimmer
* [[David Nalbandian]], Argentine tennis player
* [[David Neitz]], Australian rules footballer
* [[David Rhys-Jones]], Australian rules footballer
* [[David Robinson (basketball)|David Robinson]], American former basketball player
* [[David Ortiz]], Dominican baseball player for the [[Boston Red Sox]]
* [[David Seaman]], English football goalkeeper
* [[David Tsebe]], South African marathon runner
* [[David Wharton]], American butterfly and medley swimmer
* [[David Wright (baseball player)|David Wright]], American baseball player
* [[David Moyes]], Scottish football manager (Born, Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland)

===Writers===
* [[David S. Broder]], political commentator for ''[[The Washington Post]]''
* [[David Brooks]], conservative American op-ed columnist for The New York Times
* [[David Chase]], American screenwriter
* [[Dave Eggers|David Eggers]], American writer, editor, and publisher
* [[David Frum]], conservative Canadian-American political writer
* [[David Gerrold]] science fiction novelist who wrote "[[The Trouble With Tribbles]]" episode of ''[[Star Trek]]''
* [[David Hume]], Scottish philosopher
* [[David Henry Hwang]], American playwright
* [[David Lassman]], British writer responsible for the notorious '[[Rejecting Jane]]' article about [[Jane Austen]]
* [[David Mamet]], American playwright
* [[David Mitchell (author)|David Mitchell]], British novelist
* [[David Rakoff]], American essayist
* [[David Sedaris]], American essayist
* [[David Simon (writer)|David Simon]], American author, journalist, and TV producer
* [[David Shore]]
* [[David Foster Wallace|David Wallace]], American novelist

===Others===
* [[David Carson (graphic designer)|David Carson]], graphic designer
* [[David Ramsden]], a contestant on [[Big Brother 2009 (UK)|Big Brother 10 UK]]
* [[David of Sasun]], an Armenian folk hero
* [[David Fincher]], film director
* [[David Frost (broadcaster)]], (b. 1939), British Broadcaster
* [[David Gest]], American TV producer. Formerly married to [[Liza Minnelli]]
* [[David Hayter]], Screenwriter and voice actor for Solid Snake
* [[David Horler]], father of [[Natalie Horler]]
* [[David Lynch]], film director
* [[Dave Sanders]], Victim of the [[Columbine High School Massacre]] on April 20, 1999
* [[Dafydd Stephens]] Professor of Audiological medicine
* [[David Talbot]], founder of Salon.com Internet magazine
* [[David Wark Griffith]], film director
* [[David Willis (cartoonist)|David Willis]], cartoonist
* [[David Yonggi Cho]], a Korean Christian minister

===Fictional characters===
* David, child-like android played by Haley Joel Osment in the film ''[[A.I. (film)|A.I.]]
* [[David (Animorphs)|David]], character in ''Animorphs''
* David, character in the anime/manga ''[[Blood+]]''
* David, one of the [[Delightful Children From Down The Lane]]
* David, real name of agent "[[Solid Snake]]" in the videogame series ''Metal Gear Solid''
* David, one of the human characters on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' played by [[Northern Calloway]]
* David, vampiric antagonist played by [[Kiefer Sutherland]] in ''[[The Lost Boys]]'' (1987)
* [[David Copperfield (character)|David Copperfield]], title character in the book of the same name by [[Charles Dickens]]
* David Durango in the film ''[[The Sandlot 2]]''
* David Forrest from Hideo Kojima's adventure game [[Policenauts]]
* [[Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean)|Davy Jones]], legendary pirate portrayed in ''Pirates of the Caribbean;'' see also [[Davy Jones' Locker]]
* David Levinson, main protagonist played by [[Jeff Goldblum]] in the film ''[[Independence Day (film)|Independence Day]]''
* [[David Lister]], main character of the British sitcom ''Red Dwarf''
* [[David_Marcus_(Star_Trek)#M|David Marcus]], [[Captain Kirk]]'s son in [[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]] and [[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]
* [[David Platt (Coronation Street)|David Platt]], character in ''Coronation Street''
* David Talbot in ''[[The Vampire Chronicles]],'' book series by [[Anne Rice]]
* David Lurie in ''Disgrace'' by J.M. Coetzee
* [[List of Battle Arena Toshinden characters#David|David]], a character in the ''Battle Arena Toshinden'' fighting game series
* [[List of The Power of Five characters#The Nexus|David Tarrant]], a senior police chief at [[New Scotland Yard]], [[London]], [[England]], from the [[Power of Five]] series.

==People with the surname David==
{{surname|David}}
* [[Albert David]] (1902-1945), American naval officer
* [[Craig David]] (born 1981), English musician
* [[Dickie David]] (1879-1939), Wales national rugby union player
* [[Félicien-César David]] (1810-1876), French composer
* [[Ferdinand David (musician)]] (1810-1871), German violinist and composer
* [[Ferenc Dávid]] (1510-1579), founder of the [[Unitarian Church]] in [[Transylvania]]
* [[F. R. David]] (born 1947), Tunisian-born French singer
* [[Gerard David]] (c. 1455-1523), Dutch renaissance painter
* [[Gyula Dávid]] (1913–1977), Hungarian composer
* [[Hal David]] (born 1921), American lyricist and songwriter
* [[Hérmine David]] (1886-1970), French painter
* [[Jacques-Louis David]] (1748-1825), French neoclassical painter
* [[Jason David]] (born 1982), NFL football player for the [[New Orleans Saints]]
* [[Johann Nepomuk David]] (1895-1977), Austrian composer
* [[Kornél Dávid]] (born 1971), Hungarian basketball player
* [[Larry David]] (born 1947), American comedian, writer, and actor
* [[Peter David]] (born 1956), American writer

===Fictional Characters===
* [[Ziva David]], a main character in the series [[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]

==References==
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