David Names for Boys

There are 17 David names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are David names 1 to 17. David was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in English, French, and German, and it was followed in popularity by the English John, the English and German Jonathan, the English Nathan, the English and German Jesse, Joel, the English Dawson, the English and Scottish Graham, the English, Portuguese, and Spanish Cruz, the English Davion, the English, Hebrew, Romanian, and Slavic Solomon, and the German, Italian, Romanian, Slavic, and Spanish name, Romeo. The unusual David names are Absalom (Hebrew), Brooklyn (English), Leslie (English and German), Lindsay (Scottish), and Uriah (Hebrew).

David names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1955, 8.543% of baby boys were given David names. There were 11 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 2007, 12 David names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 3.225%. Within all David names, the English, French, and German David was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #12 and a usage of 0.7881%.

NAME MATCH:

David 12 ... beloved, favorite, darling ...The boy name David is pronounced as DEYVahD ...

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Dawson 250 ... son of David ...Dawson's meaning is son of David ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

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

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

Cruz 431 ... cross ... their third son Cruz David Beckham (2005-), who ...

Davion 436 ... The name could have evolved from David. ...

Graham 383 ... gravelly place, gray ... who accompanied King David I on his north-bound ...

Jesse 107 ... God's gift ... by the father of King David, of whom Jesus was a ...

Joel 123 ... Yahweh is God ... of 'mighty men' of King David, as well as an 8th ...

John 19 ... Yahweh is gracious, ... of the mighty men of David ...

Jonathan 23 ... Yahweh has given, gift ... also a close friend of David even though the latter ...

Leslie ... garden of hollies ... Stewart; a later member David Leslie (1600-1682) was ...

Lindsay ... Lincoln's wetland, Lincoln's island ... the followers of King David I of Scotland; he lived ...

Nathan 24 ... gift; Yahweh has given, ... prophet who criticized David for planning the death ...

Romeo 505 ... pilgrim to Rome ... the English footballer David Beckham and his pop ...

Solomon 456 ... man of peace ... a king, also the son of David and Beersheba ...

Uriah ... God is light ... a soldier in King David's army who was killed ...