Dawit Forename

4,076th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 257,716 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Eritrea

Dawit Forename User-submission:

Dawit can be translated to David as the have the same meaning. David is a common masculine given name of Biblical Hebrew origin, as King David is a character of central importance in the Hebrew Bible and in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic religious tradition.

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Dawit Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia
100%
137,7841:708113
Eritrea
100%
111,4781:435
Sudan-4,9581:7,6251,084
United States
100%
1,4201:255,3088,396
Indonesia-5421:475,94836,335
Sweden
100%
3171:31,0971,907
Canada
100%
2441:135,7936,089
England
100%
1851:300,5567,599
Thailand
100%
1801:389,25519,991
Germany
100%
1121:863,1957,213
United Arab Emirates-891:80,3596,691
Norway
100%
601:85,5392,933
Netherlands
100%
411:412,24611,096
Switzerland
100%
391:210,6024,800
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
South Africa
100%
211:2,596,79370,323
India
50%
 
191:63,940,9461,014,029
Nigeria
85%
 
181:9,864,687115,427
Australia-171:803,39010,545
Qatar
100%
151:157,97416,771
Italy
100%
121:5,088,50823,387
Malaysia
79%
 
111:2,768,17673,791
France-111:6,042,75822,831
Saudi Arabia-91:3,423,61814,711
Rwanda-91:1,263,4931,939
Finland
73%
 
71:783,3127,794
Belgium-71:1,641,43416,483
Israel-71:1,200,41715,461
Denmark-61:941,58311,543
South Korea-51:1,108,88418,705
Greece
100%
41:2,733,63712,935
Georgia-41:934,61613,351
Egypt
100%
41:22,975,23627,891
Angola-41:6,741,6524,704
Wales-31:1,031,43610,092
Japan-31:42,662,01963,122
Russia
100%
21:72,116,852125,484
Uganda-21:20,478,46091,660
Armenia
100%
21:1,459,37610,220
Spain-21:23,264,98224,876
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Jamaica-21:1,441,61415,741
Brazil-21:107,118,077571,487
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Estonia-11:1,315,3808,883
Somalia-11:13,525,8677,760
DR Congo-11:73,827,605146,761
Djibouti-11:915,6642,132
Czechia
100%
11:10,656,16211,509
Cuba-11:11,506,55213,531
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Turkmenistan-11:5,472,8703,925
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Uzbekistan
100%
11:30,786,44017,476
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Yemen-11:26,296,75114,474
Faroe Islands
100%
11:49,1272,467
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Scotland-11:5,350,36624,769
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Poland
100%
11:38,027,1129,241
Philippines
100%
11:106,009,477690,015
Pakistan
100%
11:194,357,680303,535
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Maldives-11:433,9035,827

Dawit (200,673) may also be a surname.

Dawit Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Dawit can be translated to David as the have the same meaning. David is a common masculine given name of Biblical Hebrew origin, as King David is a character of central importance in the Hebrew Bible and in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic religious tradition. Hebrew: דָּוִד, Modern: David, Tiberian: Dāwîḏ has the meaning of 'beloved', from a root דּוֹד dôwd, which had an etymological meaning of 'to boil', but survives in Biblical Hebrew only in figurative usage 'to love' and specifically a term for an uncle. In Christian tradition, the name was adopted as Syriac: ܕܘܝܕ‎ Dawid, Greek Δαυίδ, Latin Davidus. The Quranic spelling is دَاوُۥد Dāwūd.

- adawit

Dawit Forename Popularity

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Dhawett671/
Deywait671/
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Dewitht671/
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Daayvit671/
Daiveet671/
Daibhet671/
Daihuit671/
Dahuite671/
Dasuhit671/
Daszwet671/
Daveith671/
Deavith671/
Daybith671/
Dawethe671/
Daiviet671/
Tawiyut671/
Daivite671/
Deywite671/
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Dayuith671/
Dayvist671/
Daywett671/
Daywidd671/
Davithe671/
Dhaywid671/
Dhawyto671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dawit