David Postcard

The name David is placed on a world map along side a male silhouette with its interpretation in 39 languages - Afrikaans, Arabic, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong Daw, Hungarian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Pashto, Persian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukranian, Urdu, and Yiddish. Below lists the First Name (given name), origins and meanings, forms and variations ... as well as some history as a Last Name (Surname, Family Name). David is of Hebrew origin meaning: Beloved. Variations of the first name David are: Davida, Davidde, Davide, Davina, Davita, Dave, Davey, Davy, Davie, Davi, Davyd, Davis, Davidson, Dawes, Dawson, Dewi, Dewey, Devlin, Devi, Devid, Dabi, Daevid, Daevyd, Dafydd, Daived, Daivid, Daivyd, Dauid, Dav, Daved, Daveed, Davidd, Davidek, Davido, Davood, Davoud, Davydas, Davydd, Davyde, Dayvid, Deved, Devid, Devidd, Devidde, Devyd, Devydd, Devydde, Devod, Davison, Davyson, Dawed, Dawud, Dawyt, Dawit, Dawid The last name origins are Jewish, Welsh, Scottish, English, French, Portuguese, German, Czech, Slovak (Dávid) and Slovenian: from the Hebrew personal name David ‘beloved’, which has been perennially popular among Jews, in honour of the Biblical king of this name, the greatest of the early kings of Israel. His prominence, and the vivid narrative of his life contained in the First Book of Samuel, led to adoption of the name in various parts of Europe, notably Britain, among Christians in the Middle Ages. The popularity of this as a personal name was increased in Britain, firstly by virtue of its being the name of the patron saint of Wales (about whom very little is known: he was probably a 6th-century monk and bishop) and secondly because it was borne by two kings of Scotland (David I, reigning 1124–53, and David II, 1329–71). Its popularity in Russia is largely due to the fact that this was the ecclesiastical name adopted by St. Gleb (died 1015), one of two sons of Prince Vladimir of Kiev who were martyred for their Christian zeal. The first French family of the name David recorded in Quebec was in Trois-Rivières around 1649; their place of origin in France is unknown. A second line, from Normandy, was in Château Richer by 1662. This piece is good for any person - be it a child or an adult - interested in finding out what is behind a name. If you wish me to create a piece with a particular name, drop me a line.