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David

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Old Danish Old Danish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Faroe Islands Faroese
Greenland Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid) probably deriving from Hebrew דוד (dwd) = 'beloved' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Dawid ♂
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Davidh ♂
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See also Dawit, Dawood (Arabic), Deividas (Lithuanian), Dovydas (Lithuanian),Tassu, Tatu, Tuokko

For female forms see Davia, Davida, Davidina, Davina

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Davidinpoika Finland
Davidsen Denmark Norway
Davidson Norway Sweden
Davidssen Norway
Davidsson Norway Sweden
Davidssøn Norway
Davidsøn Norway
Davidzon Sweden

Female

Daviddatter Norway
Davidintytär Finland
Davidsdatter Denmark Norway
Davidsdotter Norway Sweden

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: David
Genitive: Davids
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: David
Accusative: David
Dative: Davidi
Genitive: Davids
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: David
Genitive: Davidin
Partitive: Davidia
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: David
Genitive: Davids
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: David
Genitive: Davids

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

30 December

Norway Norway

30 December

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

30 December

Sweden Sweden

25 June

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

  • David Chandra Batra (born 29 November 1972), Swedish stand up comedian and TV actor

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 18,899 people were named David (percentage of first or only given name: 45 %) [7]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

Please turn your device to landscape orientation for better view of statistics tables and graphs.
Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[10]
32614 56161 8 41 32606 56120
Denmark Denmark[11]
8689
n.a.
 2
n.a.
 8687
n.a.
Finland Finland[12]
n.a.
 6464
n.a.
 5
n.a.
 6459
Greenland Greenland[13]
152 694
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[14]
156 230
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[15]
7096
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 7096
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for David (m) Sources: [10][11][15][12]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for David (m) Sources: [16]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for David (m)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of David (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for David (m)


References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  5. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  6. ↑ Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  8. ↑ Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
  13. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  14. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  16. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
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