David

From the Hebrew name Dawid, derived from the root dwd, meaning beloved or uncle, though the precise original sense is debated among scholars. In the Hebrew Bible, David is the celebrated second king of Israel, slayer of Goliath and composer of the Psalms, making the name deeply significant across Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions. Its enduring popularity throughout medieval and modern Europe owes much to that biblical legacy, and it was further bolstered in Scotland by the venerated twelfth-century king David I. Closely related forms include Dávid in Hungarian and Slovak, Davide in Italian, Dawid in Polish, and the feminine variant Davina.