NAME MEANING 

DAVID 

Gender : Masculine 
Orgin: Hebrew origin means beloved/beloved one 
Usage : English, Jewish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, Biblical 
Pronounced : DAY-vid (English), da-VEED (French) 

Possibly derived from Hebrew meaning beloved / beloved one. David was the second and greatest of the kings of Israel, ruling in the 10th century BC. Several stories about him are told in the Old Testament, including his defeat of Goliath, a giant Philistine. Jesus was supposedly descended from him. Other famous bearers of this name include the 5th-century patron saint of Wales, two kings of Scotland, empiricist philosopher David Hume, and explorer David Livingstone. This is also the name of the hero of Charles Dickens' semiautobiographical novel 'David Copperfield'.

The boy's name David is pronounced DAY-vid. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "beloved." Biblical: one of the most remarkable personalities in the Scriptures. David was a shepherd, musician, poet, soldier, statesman, prophet, and king. He wrote about half of the Psalms and very likely composed music for them as well. He is the only David mentioned in the Bible; his name occurs there more than a thousand times. Today there are variants of the name in almost every language group. Saint David (sixth century) is the patron saint of Wales. In Scotland, David was a royal name. See also Dawson and Davion. Explorer David Livingstone; actors David Niven, David Arquette, David Duchovny, David Schwimmer; baseball star Dave Winfield; TV host David Letterman; musician David Bowie, musician David Charvet. 

David has 21 variant forms: Daffy, Daffyd, Dafydd, Dai, Dave, Davey, Davi, Davidde, Davide, Davidson, Davie, Daviel, Davies, Davin, Davis, Daven, Davon, Davy, Davyd, Davydd and Davyn.

For more information, see also related names Dajon, Davian, Dewey and Tab. Search for names similar to David starting with Da-, Dav-, Davi-, David- or ending with -id, -vid, -avid, -david.

David is a very popular male first name, ranking 6 out of 1219 for males of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.

What is the meaning of his name ? 

You are an inspiring leader whose originality, creativity and wisdom are applied to creating practical solutions to "unsolvable" problems. Humanitarian and idealistic your vision is to make the world a better place and you will work to this end. Hardworking and tenacious people admire you for your honesty and integrity. You are a loved and loyal friend and partner. Your have the potential to achieve enormous success in the world.