Dawit

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled David in US United States, GB United Kingdom, ES Spain and 21 more, Давид in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, Davi in BR Brazil and Dawid in PL Poland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Dawit is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name4.0K records spelled Dawit2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ethiopia, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Dāwit

• Arabic given name1.8K records spelled Dawit3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Eritrea, United States, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

  Also written Dāwit

• French given name878 records spelled Dawit4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Ethiopia, Netherlands

  Also written Däwīt, Dāwit

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Dawit is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Amharic, Amharic: David form

  as a name·African Names

• beloved.

  as a name·African Names

• In ibl, small ritual performed to call back a soul --- either a soul that has wandered away (as when the person was frightened), or the soul of a dead relative before the kail (second burial) ceremony, or the soul of a person who died away from home

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In Filipino, implication; entanglement; involvement (usually in a crime)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 40 years between 1984–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• David III of Taob. 930not in their usual nameGeorgian prince
• David IV of Georgiab. 1073GEnot in their usual nameKing of Georgia (1073-1125)
• David Soslanb. 1150not in their usual namePrince from Alania and King Consort of Georgia
• David X of Kartlib. 1473GEnot in their usual nameKing of Kartli
• David II of Kakhetib. 1678IRnot in their usual nameKing of Kakheti
• Davit Guramishvilib. 1705GEnot in their usual nameGeorgian poet (1705-1792)
• David Bagrationib. 1767GEnot in their usual nameson of George XII of Georgia (1767-1819)
• Dodo Abashidzeb. 1924GEnot in their usual nameGeorgian Soviet actor and director (1924–1990)
• David Usupashvilib. 1968GEnot in their usual nameGeorgian lawyer and politician
• Davit Bakradzeb. 1972GEnot in their usual nameGeorgian politician and diplomat

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 276 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Dawit?

We estimate roughly 5.1 million people bear Dawit (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Dawit have the most bearers?

Dawit is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled david.

How common is Dawit compared with other names?

In the United Kingdom, Dawit is the 2nd most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.

Is Dawit a male or female name?

Dawit is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Dawit mean?

Recorded meaning: Amharic (Ethiopia): refers to biblical David; 'beloved.'