The story
- Biblical Hebrewדָּוִד (dāwiḏ)
- Koine GreekΔαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d)
- Late LatinDāvīd
- Old EnglishDauid, David
- Middle EnglishDavid, Davyd, Davyde
- English todayDavid
From Middle English David, Davyd, Davyde, from Old English Dauid, David, from Late Latin Dāvīd, from Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d), from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ, literally “beloved”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.