David

David is a Hebrew name derived from the root dwd, most commonly interpreted as meaning beloved or uncle, though some scholars also connect it to a related sense of friend or kinsman. It is borne most famously by the biblical King David of Israel, the shepherd-poet who united the Israelite tribes and whose royal lineage became central to Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition. The name spread widely through these religious traditions and entered European languages during the medieval period. Dafydd and Dewi are Welsh cognates, Dawit is the Ethiopian form, and Davide and Dawid appear in Italian and Polish respectively.