Dovid

Gender:
Origin: Hebrew
18 famous people named Dovid found on Wikipedia.
2343 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 1443-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 1387-th in year 2015
Used in: Yiddish

Meanings

David is a common masculine given name of Biblical Hebrew origin, as King David is a character of central importance in the Hebrew Bible and in both Christian and Jewish religious tradition.
Hebrew: דָּוִד, Modern David, Tiberian Dāwîḏ has the meaning of "beloved", from a root דּוֹד dôwd, which had an etymological meaning of "to boil", but survives in Biblical Hebrew only in figurative usage "to love" and specifically a term for an uncle (father's brother). In Christian tradition, the name was adopted as Syriac: ܕܘܝܕ‎ Dawid, Greek Δαυίδ, Latin Davidus. The Quranic spelling is داوُد Dāwūd.
David was adopted as a Christian name from an early period, e.g. David of Wales (6th century), David Saharuni (7th century), David I of Iberia (9th century). Name days are celebrated on 8 February (for David IV of Georgia), 1 March (for St. David of Wales) and 29 December (for King David), as well as 25 June (St. David of Sweden), 26 June, 9 July (Russia), 26 August, 11 December and 30 December (Hungary, Latvia, Norway).

Dovid is the real name for King David, a hebrew name means: beloved, or one who is loved.

Famous People: 18 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Dovid Katz 1956 American scholar
2 Dovid Feinstein 1929 American rabbi
3 Dovid Gottlieb Israeli rabbi
4 Dovid Lifshitz 1906 American rabbi
5 Dovid Leibowitz 1889 Belarusian rabbi
6 Dovid Kaplan
7 Dovid Schustal 1947 Rosh yeshiva, Beth Medrash Govoha
8 Dovid Povarsky 1902 Israeli rabbi
9 Dovid Knut 1900 Russian writer
10 Dovid Bornsztain 1876 Third Sochatchover Rebbe
11 Dovid S. Gottlieb 1973
12 Dovid Raskin 1927 American rabbi
13 Dovid Kviat 1920 American rabbi
14 Dovid Barkin American rabbi
15 Dovid Grossman American rabbi
16 Dovid Shlomo Novoseller 1877 American rabbi
17 Dovid Shmidel Rabbi
18 Duvid Halberstam 1821 Religious leader