Given Name DAFYDD

GENDER: Masculine

USAGE: Welsh

Meaning & History

Welsh form of DAVID. This name was borne by Dafydd ap Gruffydd, a 13th-century Welsh ruler, and Dafydd ap Gwilym, a 14th-century poet.

VARIANTS: Dewi, Dewydd

DIMINUTIVES: Dai, Taffy

OTHER LANGUAGES/CULTURES: Daud, Dawood, Dawud (Arabic), Davit (Armenian), David (Biblical), Dauid (Biblical Greek), Dawid (Biblical Hebrew), David (Biblical Latin), Daveth (Cornish), David (Croatian), David (Czech), David (Danish), David (Dutch), David, Dave, Davey, Davie, Davy (English), Taavet, Taavi (Estonian), Taavetti, Taavi (Finnish), David (French), Davit, Daviti (Georgian), David (German), David (Hebrew), Dávid (Hungarian), Daud (Indonesian), Dáibhí (Irish), Davide (Italian), Dovydas (Lithuanian), David (Macedonian), Daw (Medieval English), David (Norwegian), Davud (Persian), Dawid (Polish), David (Portuguese), Davi (Portuguese (Brazilian)), David (Romanian), David (Russian), Dàibhidh, David, Daividh, Davie (Scottish), David (Serbian), Dávid (Slovak), David (Slovene), David (Spanish), David (Swedish), Dovid, Dudel (Yiddish)

England and Wales

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