Comments for the name David

It is indeed derived from Hebrew dod meaning "beloved". The name Doda has been used as a female form.

This name has very deep roots in Armenia due to the famous Armenia's epic hero Sasuntsi David.

The Star of David is the sign of Judaism (a star with six points).

David Wenham and David Suchet are actors.

David was also a close friend of Jonathan, son of king Saul. Many people, myself included, interpret David and Jonathan's relationship to have been romantic. I'm a starry-eyed one in the first place. Beloved, thy name is David. ;)

Maybe you should study the Bible. David and Jonathan's relationship was NOT ROMANTIC. They loved each other like brothers, not as gays! In the Bible God completely destroyed the city of Sodom and Gomorrah for such as you have insinuated therefore why would God allow two of his most beloved sons (Jonathan and David) the same iniquity for which He (God) judged that iniquity? :)

I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions. The Bible is up for multiple interpretations; David and Jonathan's story has clear amourous overtones, at least in the eyes of a strong minority.

First of all... "Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food, and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy. Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them when I saw it." Ezekiel 16:49-50

See any homosexuality in there? Me neither. Unless you want to claim that the vague umbrella term, "abominations," used for everything from eating shellfish to planting two different crops in the same field, was meant to specifically reference homosexuality. Which would be a little strange.

If the curious reader wants to learn more about different ideas about Christianity and homosexuality, I strongly recommend the book, "What Christians Think About Homosexuality: Six Representative Viewpoints."

As for the name, it's lovely. Both David and Jonathan easily beat out their Sapphic counterparts, Ruth and Naomi, in terms of nice-nameitude. But let's not get into that one.

Just for the record, the Bible is not up for many interpretations. It was never intended for that use. Truth is truth, and it is just our job to understand what it is. I love the name David because it means the same as mine, "Beloved". David's name was this because he was called the beloved of God's because he was after God's own heart. He wasn't perfect, but he sought after God. If you doubt this, look at some of the Psalms that he wrote.

I love, love, love this name! It goes very well as a middle name, espically in the south, such as in John David, or William David.

Famous bearer: filmmaker David Lynch.

Famous namebearer: David Spade - actor in many films, and also a character on the T.V. show Just Shoot Me.

Famous bearer - musician David Grohl from Nirvana and the Foo Fighters.

I love this name! When I have a boy, I'll name him this name. I've known many Davids throughout my life, and they were all very nice people.

David Boreanaz, the actor who plays Angel at the show with that same name. Also played Angel in "Buffy, The Vampire Slayer" episodes.

I adore the name David. I have known 3 Davids and they are lovely people! If I had a baby I would definitely name him David. It's very attractive and comforting when you hear this name.

Jude Law's birth name is David Jude Law.

David Lewis is a Christian author. I think he's written 2 books by himself and one with his wife, Beverly Lewis.

David Desrosier from the band Simple Plan.

David Bowie is one famous person who bears this name.

The name David is wonderful and timeless. Davids are always down to earth and fun guys. I do dislike the nickname Dave, plain and boring. Davey is alright but David is too good of a name to call one anything else.

Famous bearer is David Lloyd George, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922.

Oh my gosh! What about David James Elliott from JAG? :D He has one of the greatest smiles ever...*sigh* ;)

David is the name of J.K. Rowling's second child and only son.

David is an awesome name. This is a timeless classic name.

A lot of Germans pronounce it DAH-veed. I think that's way cool! It's my sister's German penpal's name.

David Schwimmer, who played Ross on Friends, is a famous bearer of this name.

David King is an Irish musician.

The name "David" also has its roots in Armenia: David Sasun was a legendary military leader in ancient Armenia, as stated by a famous Armenian epic "David of Sasun"; there is also a monument erected for him in Armenia -- see the picture at: http://library.thinkquest.org/C005550/Englsite/Image/SDavid.htm.

Famous bearer: David Tennant (born David McDonald, 18th April 1971), actor, most famously known for playing the Tenth Doctor in the television series 'Doctor Who' and Barty Crouch Junior in the film 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'.

Another famous David is the British soccer player David Beckham.

Why hasn't anyone mentioned the famous Argentinian tennis player, David Nalbandian? He is quite a well-known David.

Actor David Ogden Stiers from M*A*S*H.

The vocalist of "Depeche Mode" - David Gahan.

I have always loved this name. It sounds so passionate and honest. The whole feeling around the name is good.

This name sounds so strong and yet gentle. I have always loved this name, and if I didn't have a cousin bearing this name, I would probably name a son David.

Who could forget David Hasselhoff, the actor who used to be on Baywatch?

I love the name and the nickname Davey (or Davy). Dave doesn't really appeal to me but the others definitely do. A great middle or first name that sounds strong and kind.

David Niven is an actor.

I can't believe no one has mentioned David Krumhotz, the actor who plays Charlie Eppes on NUMB3RS! =D.

David Gilmour of PINK FLOYD is a famous bearer!

David "Lemon" Hewlett and David Nykl are Rodney and Radek from SG Atlantis.

Dave Ramsey has a nationally aired talk show about budgets and stuff.

Famous bearer: David William Donald Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party.

For over a century, David has remained in the top 50 names (for the US). It's not hard to see why.

Craig Charles played David Lister in the sitcom sci fi Red Dwarf. By the way, Charles just got arrested for smoking crack cocaine! He's 42.

I think this is an awesome name!

Famous Bearer - David Bark-Jones. He played Paul in the movie Sixty Six and Hawker Pilot in the movie The Da Vinci Code.

David is an awesome name for a boy.

Listen to the German pronunciation of David here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

Famous bearers:
David Icke (www.davidicke.com)
David Bateson (Voice actor for the "Hitman" game series)
David Blaine (Magician)
David Duchovny (Actor: played Agent Mulder in "X-Files")

I think the name is okay if pronounced in the English language, but in German, it sounds absolutely horrible.

I like this name. It's clean and strong.

David Ricardo (April 18, 1772 – September 11, 1823), a political economist, is often credited with systematising economics, and was one of the most influential of the classical economists, along with Thomas Malthus, and Adam Smith. He was also a businessman, financier and speculator, and amassed a considerable fortune.

Sir David Lean, KBE (March 25, 1908 – April 16, 1991) was an English film director and producer, best remembered for big-screen epics such as Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and Doctor Zhivago . He was voted 9th best director of all time in the BFI "Directors Top Directors" poll 2002. In the 1990's a cinema was built in Croydon, Greater London to honour the great director. The David Lean cinema can be found situated within the Croydon Clocktower on Katherine street.

David Hume (April 26, 1711 – August 25, 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. He is one of the most important figures of the history of Western philosophy and of the Scottish Enlightenment. Although in recent years interest in Hume's works has centred on his philosophical writing, it was as a historian that he gained his initial fame and his History of Great Britain was the standard work on English history for sixty or seventy years until superseded by the History of England by T. B. Macaulay.

Name is cute. But I don't usually find it hard to call people with this name the nickname "Dave". I know, it's strange.

David James Matthews is the lead singer of the Dave Matthews Band. His band brings in more money for live shows than any other rock band out there right now. He has been around since the early 1990's and is still going strong.

I love this name! I first heard it in David Copperfield and fell absolutley in love with it. I also like the nicknames Dave and Davy/Davey. I don't really like the way it is pronounced in Holland and Germany. It sounds strong and cool in English but in Dutch it sounds kinda dull.

Tennis players David Nalbandian (Argentina) and David Ferrer (Spain) bear this name.

Pronounced in Hebrew dah-VEED. [noted -ed]

Madonna adopted a baby boy named David.

David Oistrakh - a great Jewish violinist from USSR (30.9.1908-24.10.1974). His recordings are famous as well as perfomances of many great classical concerti.

I didn't really like this name much before, but due to its grand history and heritage, I've grown to like it. Oh and anyway, those that posted that David and Jonathan 'loved each other' in a romantic way have really got it all wrong. They loved each other in a BROTHERLY way. This was a pure God-given love, not some impossible romance in an odd Greek myth (now those myths are famous for that as I learned just fifteen minutes ago, wow isn't time neat?). I won't argue on this I've made a point and typed a comment and that is enough, I rest my case there with saying that this name has a strong meaning.

All the Davids I've know are really nice people. Most of them are very masculine, very good-looking, and fun people.

This name also is in Sweden. [noted -ed]

Another famous bearer is David "Dave" Evans, better known as The Edge, the lead guitarist in the band U2. A great name for a musician, given the contributions King David has made to popular music!

I think it's a cute name!

There is an Arabic version of the name David, that is داوود and it is pronounced "Dawood". This is a name for one of Allah's messengers.

David Abercrombie founded Abercrombie and Fitch with Ezra Fitch.

David was a man after God's own heart in the Bible. He also wrote the well known book of "Pslams" in the Bible.

My mother told my brother (his name is David) and me that the name David means "king" in Latin.

Somebody's mother is misinformed. David does not mean anything in Latin. David is a Hebrew word. Latin is an Indo-European language, not a Semitic one. David appears in the Latin translation of Jewish and Christian texts, just as Chaka probably does in the Finnish translation of Zulu texts, but this does not make Chaka a Finnish name or David a Latin one. The Latin for "king" is rex, which gives us words like regal, royal and the male name Rex ... which the ancient Romans never used as a name, in part because of their passionate hatred of kings and kingship.

I used to think that the Dutch pronunciation of this name was kind of dull (I'm Dutch) but I've grown to like it and now I love it as much as, if not more than, the English pronunciation. What I like about the Dutch one is that there are no icky nicknames for it so people will have to call a David by his real name. If I ever have a son this will absolutely be his name. It's such a beautiful name with a great meaning.

David is way too popular a name for me to ever consider using on a child. I wish parents would be a little more creative when it comes to naming a baby.

I don't like the nickname 'Dave' - it sounds kind of camp boxer but I love the full name of David. It's so cool, and rolls of the tongue nicely.

A beautiful name for a handsome boy!

I was given the name David which was fine but I changed years ago to call myself Dave. I like Dave because it's a friendly, informal name.

David is a major character in the Uglies Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld. He a teenaged boy, and the leader of the rebel group known as the Smoke (and later the New Smoke, after the first was destroyed) who used to lead willing "uglies" to the Smoke. He was also the protagonist Tally's boyfriend.

David Archuleta is a 17-year-old contestant on season 7 of American Idol.

Author David Lumbar write the Lawn/Road/Campfire Weenies series.

A famous bearer is American actor David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959). He is well-known for his role as Dr. Niles Crane, the lead character's brother, on the popular television sitcom "Frasier" for its entire eleven-season run. Pierce received, among other things, 4 Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor in 1995, 1998, 1999, and 2004, and 2 SAG Awards, 1 for himself in 1996, and 1 for the entire "Frasier" cast in 1999. In 2007, he also won a Tony Award for his role in the Broadway musical "Curtains".

A famous bearer was David Llewelyn Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948), better known as D. W. Griffith. He was an early American silent film director, well-known for his controversial blockbusters 'The Birth of a Nation' (1915) and 'Intolerance' (1916). He received a lifetime achievement Academy Honorary Award in 1936.

David Carradine! He's a really famous actor who starred in the great T.V. show "Kung Fu"

David Nasser and David Plait are two famous bearers. They are both evangelical speakers mostly for youth.

David Talbot is the name of the Superior General of the Talamasca in Anne Rice's "The Vampire Chronicles." He is turned into a vampire by Lestat and is known for his intellect.

David Archuleta is a famous bearer of this name. He is a contestant on American Idol, and he is my favorite.

I like this name. I like that it's Biblical, and I like the way it sounds. It sounds like it could fit anybody (excluding girls and women, of course). And I like the nicknames of Dave and Davey that you can get from it. When I hear it I think of David Bowie, David Gilmour, David Copperfield, King David in the Bible, and a friend of mine named David, who sings in the band I'm in. These are all very positive connotations. All and all, this is a nice name.

Bah, it's so overused, but I harbor no great dislike towards the name. It's a very safe choice at least, one that sounds okay on many different guys, even the fat and ugly ones, isn't immature, tacky, trashy, or of any other bad type that could lead to discrimination. But this must be one of the most common names for unwanted children ever. Doesn't take much effort to come up with this one!

A famous bearer is David Michael Letterman (4-12-1947), an American talkshow host.

David Duke is a loonie. He's a pretty good reason not to use the name, for me anyway. There are plenty of Davids out there, of course, but I just wouldn't want my son to share his name with anyone that repulsive.

David Cook and David Archuleta were the two finalists on American Idol Season 7, with Cook being the winner.

David Rosenkowitz and his brothers and sisters, Emma, Nicolette, Grant, Elizabeth, and Jason are the world's first surviving set of sextuplets, born on January 8, 1974 in South Africa.

My brother's name is David and I love his name a lot! This name will never go out of style and has a good origin!

I love this name so darn much, I wish it wasn't so common.

David was the name of the precious little boy in the movie, Artificial Intelligence. :)

Number 14 for boys in 2005. David is such a sweet name. I love this name.

I've never cared for this name. It's way too common.

UK comedian David Mitchell bears this name. He is well known for appearing on several comedy quiz shows in the UK, most notably 'Would I lie to you' in which he is a team captain.

Alison Veselá and David Rice have a son David Matthew Rice, was born in 1980.

I love this name, especially when pronounced in Spanish, I've also seen it spelled Dhavid and Daveed.

Russian actor Walter Matthau and Grace Geraldine Johnson have a son David Matthow, born 2nd November 1953.

I don't know why but I love this name. It sounds a bit formal and masculine and it sounds also like a name of a hero. It is also a biblical name but it is very popular at the same time.

David is definitely an enduring name. There are certainly a lot of people with the name, as demonstrated by the number of famous people with it. I do like it a lot, but I'm not sure I'd name my kids that because it's fairly common, and I know that I don't like to meet other people with the same name as me, which might happen pretty often with a name like David.

David Villa, a remarkable football player (or soccer as Americans say) and captain of the Spanish team.

Great name! Most of the Davids I've met were nice.

A famous bearer of this name is David Rice, the main character in the movie Jumper, he's also known as Davey in the novels, Jumper & Reflex.

Fashion designer Ralph Lauren and Ricky Low-Beer have a son David Lifshitz (born in 1971).

David Herald (1842-1865) was a conspirator in the assassination plots on President Abraham Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson, and Secretary of State William Seward. He was found guilty for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth and hanged with three other conspirators on July 7, 1865.

David is pronounced DAH-vit in German, not DAH-fit. [noted -ed]

The Greek form for David is
δαβιδ

The name "David" rocks, it is strong, clean cut, cute and awesome.

There's also Azerbaijani and Turkish forms of DAVID. They're spelled as DAVUD and DAVUT respectively.

I know very few Davids, but this name is a strong name to me. Solid. The few Davids I know are strong and reliable, if not always the most tactful of people. He is always there for you and although he doesn't always understand your problems exactly he always tries to help. Often a loyal person. That is the impression from the Davids I do know, and they're often strong friends. The nickname "Dave" doesn't appeal to me in the same way. It seems to hold a different meaning.

David Fisher was one of the lead characters on the HBO show Six Feet Under, played by Emmy-nominated actor Michael C. Hall. He was an uptight but sensitive funeral director, and a closeted homosexual. Very funny character!

I don't like this name. It's so overused, and I knew a lot of Davids who were jerks. Plus, it has too many annoying namesakes, like David Duke, David Cook, David Archuleta, David Duchovny, and Dave Ramsey.

I don't care for this name at all, but it gives some credibility.

David is also used in Croatia, and is pronounced "DAH-vid". [noted -ed]

Legendary NASCAR driver David Pearson, a.k.a. The "Silver Fox", is a famous bearer.

A famous bearer is American actor David Denman (born July 25, 1973). He is well-known for his roles in films like "Out Cold" and "Big Fish" and TV roles as Skip in "Angel", and Roy in the American version of "The Office".

Pronounced DAH-vit in Czech.

Of course there's also David Lee Roth, Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) and David Navarro (of Jane's Addiction) that I use to have a bit of crush on.

I think it's a strong yet sensual name. But the few Davids I knew of seemed like jerks or stayed in trouble a lot. A solid name but I don't know if I'd name a future son this or not.

David Fincher, the extremely talented director of Fight Club and Se7en.

David is so overused. I hate it.

A famous bearer is English actor David Morrissey.

A famous bearer is American playwright David Auburn. His best-known work is the 2000 play "Proof". "Proof" won the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2001.

A famous bearer is American actor David Conrad (born 17 August 1967). His most well-known role is Jim Clancy, husband to Jennifer Love Hewitt's Melinda Gordon, on the TV series "Ghost Whisperer".

Famous bearer of this name is David Bisbal, Spanish latin-pop singer.

David Boring: the man who founded the town of Boring, Maryland.

David Henrie who plays Justin Russo on Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place.

David Cameron is the Prime Minister of the UK as of 2010.

SNL actor Andy Samberg's birth name is David.

This name is very attractive, but it seems better for an adult or teenager than a child, because a little boy being 'handsome and sexy' might seem a bit odd.

I love this name. I prefer the Hebrew pronunciation to the English, though.

David was the main vampire in The Lost Boys (and IMO the most attractive one ;D)

David Allan (1744-1796) was a Scottish portrait and genre painter.

David Garshen Bomberg (5 December 1890 – 19 August 1957) was an English painter, and one of the Whitechapel Boys.

David Burliuk (1882-1967) and Vladimir (1886-1916) were Russian painter brothers. There was another brother Nikolai (1890-1920) and two sisters: Lyudmila and Nadezhda.

Such an awful, overused name. I can't stand it. Plus I wouldn't want my name to be associated with annoying, stuck-up people such as David Duke, David Archuleta, David Wenham, and David Hasselhoff.

David Alasdair Boudia (born 1989 in Abilene, Texas) is an American diver and Olympic gold medalist.

David William Duchovny (born 1960 in New York City) is an American actor, writer, and director.

This name is really overused. It is so boring after hearing it on every other guy. It also reminds me of that annoying actor David Wenham (aka Faramir from the LOTR movies) and that singer David Archuleta, both of whom I can't stand.

I don't care how common this name is, I love it!