David

Meaning

1. A former unincorporated community in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States.
2. A city, the capital of Chiriquí province, Panama.
3. An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.
4. A place name:
5. A female given name, often combined with a feminine middle name (e.g. David Ann).
6. A person or group considered unlikely to prevail; an underdog.
7. A surname originating as a patronymic common in Wales, in honor of the ancient Saint David of Wales.
8. The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of King Saul in the Hebrew Bible; the son of Jesse and the father of Nathan and King Solomon.
9. A male given name from Hebrew.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English David, Davyd, Davyde, from Old English Dauid, David, from Late Latin Dāvīd, from Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d), from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ, literally “beloved”).

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