THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind David
David is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog and Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form David. Quoted root glosses describe elements in the etymology, not an automatic translation of the complete personal name.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈdejvid/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈd̪eɪ̯.vɪd̪̚]Standard-Tagalog
- /ˈdejbid/with nativization
- [ˈd̪eɪ̯.bɪd̪̚]with nativization
Da · vid2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Tagalog
- /daˈvid/Standard-Tagalog
- [d̪ɐˈvɪd̪̚]Standard-Tagalog
- /daˈbid/with nativization
- [d̪ɐˈbɪd̪̚]with nativization
Da · vid2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English David, from Middle English David, Davyd, Davyde, from Old English Dauid, David, borrowed from Late Latin Dāvīd, borrowed from Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ), from Proto-Semitic.
a male given name from English
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish David, from Late Latin Dāvīd, borrowed from Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ), from Proto-Semitic. The surname was borrowed from Kapampangan David. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.
a male given name from Spanish
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English David, from Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d), from the Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ, literally “beloved”). Also from Spanish David.
a male given name from English or Spanish
EnglishEtymology & source
From Middle English David, Davyd, Davyde, from Old English Dauid, David, from Late Latin Dāvīd, from Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d), from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ, literally “beloved”).
A male given name from Hebrew.; A female given name, often combined with a feminine middle name (e.g. David Ann).
SpanishEtymology & source
Inherited from Late Latin Dāvīd, borrowed from Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ).
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name David
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
David Medalla
Filipino painter and installation artist, born 1942, active in Great Britain (1942–2020)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
David William Valencia Antonio
Filipino Roman Catholic archbishop
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
27
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
17
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: David Medalla, David William Valencia Antonio
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
David in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to David
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Damie·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Dani♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Danio·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Daria♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Dario·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Daud·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Dave♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Dado♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
What rhymes with David?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Recorded combinations with David
2 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q18057751 — David (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — David Medalla (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18057751 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — David William Valencia Antonio (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18057751 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — David (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — David (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — David (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — David (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.