Meaning, origin and history of the name Daud

Gender Masculine

Scripts داؤد (Urdu) داوود, داود (Arabic)

Pronounced Pron. /daː.ˈwuːd/ (Arabic) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Alternate transcription of Arabic داوود or داود (see Dawud), as well as the usual Urdu, Indonesian and Malay form.

VariantsDaoud, Dawood, Dawud (Arabic)

Other Languages & CulturesDawit (Amharic) Davit (Armenian) Davud (Azerbaijani) David (Biblical) Dabid, Dauid (Biblical Greek) Dawid (Biblical Hebrew) David (Biblical Latin) Davud (Bosnian) David (Catalan) Daveth (Cornish) David (Croatian) David (Czech) David (Danish) David (Dutch) David, Dewey, Dave, Davey, Davie, Davy (English) Taavet, Taavi (Estonian) Tevita (Fijian) Taavetti, Taavi (Finnish) David (French) Davit (Georgian) David (German) Dauda (Hausa) David (Hebrew) Dávid (Hungarian) Davíð (Icelandic) Dáibhí (Irish) Davide (Italian) Dāvids, Dāvis, Deivids (Latvian) Deividas, Dovydas (Lithuanian) David (Macedonian) Daw (Medieval English) Rāwiri (Māori) David (Norwegian) Dewydd (Old Welsh) Davood, Davoud, Davud (Persian) Dawid (Polish) David (Portuguese) Davi (Portuguese (Brazilian)) Dawud (Quranic) David (Romanian) David (Russian) Tavita (Samoan) David, Daividh, Davie (Scottish) Dàibhidh (Scottish Gaelic) David (Serbian) Dávid (Slovak) David (Slovene) Daa'uud (Somali) David (Spanish) Daudi (Swahili) David (Swedish) Tevita (Tongan) Davut (Turkish) Davyd (Ukrainian) Dafydd, David, Dewi, Taffy, Dai (Welsh) Daouda (Western African) Dovid, Dudel (Yiddish)

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