Comments for the name David

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

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.