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David is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin. Its popularity derives from the initial oral tradition ( Oral Torah ) and recorded use related to King David, a central figure in the Torah and foundational to Judaism , and subsequently significant in the religious traditions of Christianity and Islam .
The authors and editors of Samuel drew on many earlier sources, including, for their history of David, the "history of David's rise" [112] and the "succession narrative". [113] [114] The Books of Chronicles, which tells the story from a different point of view, was probably composed in the period 350–300 BCE, and uses Samuel and Kings as its ...
Davidson is a patronymic surname, meaning "son/descendant of David" (or "Beloved Son/Descendant"; 'David' lit."Beloved One"). In the Highlands of Scotland, where the surname is an anglicised version of the Gaelic "mac Daibhidh", Clan Davidson was traditionally a sept of the Clan Chattan Confederation.
The name is mostly found in Great Britain and in the Netherlands. Davids is derived from the Hebrew word for "beloved". The name was popularised by the story of King David, who is regarded as the greatest of the early kings of Israel and founder of the Davidic line. The surname first migrated to England after the Norman conquest of 1066.
Davis is a surname of English and Welsh origin. As an English surname it may be a corruption of Davy or a reference to King David in the Old Testament. As a Welsh surname may be a corruption of Dyfed, related to Irish colonists who occupied an area of southwest Wales in the late third century and established a dynasty there which lasted five centuries.
David was adopted as a Christian name from at least the 6th century. David the Invincible (6th century), Neoplatonic philosopher; David (commentator) (6th century), Greek scholar; Saint David (6th century), patron saint of Wales; David the Dendrite (c. 450–540), a patron saint of Thessaloniki; David (son of Heraclius) (b. 630), co-emperor of ...
The Book of Samuel states that Jesse had eight sons, naming the first three as Eliab, Abinadab and Shammah, and David as the youngest. [5] The Book of Chronicles oddly only names seven sons of Jesse—Eliab, Abinadab, Shimea, Nethanel, Raddai, Ozem and David—as well as two daughters, Zeruiah and Abigail. [6]
The surname David or Dávid may refer to: Dávid family, a Hungarian noble family, based in present-day Slovakia; Albert David (1902–1945), American naval officer; Alki David (born 1968), Greek businessman and actor; Anna David (journalist) (born 1970), American journalist; Anna David (singer) (born 1984), Danish pop and soul music singer