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David Names for Boys

There are 24 David names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are David names 1 to 20. David was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Portuguese, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish, and it was followed in popularity by the English John, Nathan, the English and German Jonathan, the English and Irish Devin, the English and German Jesse, Joel, the English Dawson, the English and Scottish Graham, the English, Portuguese, and Spanish Cruz, the Spanish and English Davis, the English and Scottish Douglas, and the English name, Davion. The unusual David names are Absalom (Hebrew), Adlai (English and Hebrew), Anani, Brooklyn (English), John-David (English), Leslie (English and German), and Lindsay (Scottish).

David names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1955, 9.283% of baby boys were given David names. There were 13 David names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. David names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2008, 16 David names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 3.407%. Within all David names, the Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Portuguese, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish David was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #14 and a usage of 0.7467%.

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NAME MATCH:

David Popularity Trend of David
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 14 14 beloved, favorite, darling, friend ...The boy name David is pronounced as DEYVahD ...

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Davis Popularity Trend of Davis
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 410 410 son of David; beloved, ... its meaning is son of David - in this context, ...

Dawson Popularity Trend of Dawson
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 269 269 son of David; beloved, ... its meaning is son of David ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Absalom God the Father is peace ... the third son of King David of Israel; he revolted ...

Adlai Yahweh is just; my ornament ... the herdsman of King David, and thus the ...

Anani my cloud ... by a descendant of King David and a loyal follower of ...

Brooklyn broken land ... the English footballer David Beckham and pop singer ...

Cruz Popularity Trend of Cruz
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 367 367 cross ... their third son Cruz David Beckham (2005-), who ...

Davion Popularity Trend of Davion
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 440 440 developed as a form of David. ...

Devin Popularity Trend of Devin
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 109 109 poet; fawn; little dark one ... influence from the name David. ...

Douglas Popularity Trend of Douglas
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 424 424 dark river ... after the botanist David Douglas (1798-1834) who ...

Graham Popularity Trend of Graham
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 323 323 gravelly place, gray ... who accompanied King David I on his north-bound ...

Jesse Popularity Trend of Jesse
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 110 110 God's gift ... by the father of King David, of whom Jesus was a ...

Joel Popularity Trend of Joel
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 113 113 Yahweh is God ... of 'mighty men' of King David, as well as an 8th ...

John Popularity Trend of John
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 20 20 Yahweh is gracious, ... of the mighty men of David ...

John-DavidThe boy name John-David is pronounced JHAA-N-DEYVahD ...

Jonathan Popularity Trend of Jonathan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 26 26 Yahweh has given, gift ... also a close friend of David even though the latter ...

Leslie Popularity Trend of Leslie
from 1900 to 2008. garden of hollies ... Stewart; a later member David Leslie (1600-1682) was ...

Lindsay Popularity Trend of Lindsay
from 1900 to 2008. Lincoln's wetland, Lincoln's island ... the followers of King David I of Scotland; he lived ...

Nathan Popularity Trend of Nathan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 21 21 gift; God has given, ... prophet who criticized David for planning the death ...


Popularity Trend
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