Dawood
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning beloved; form of David.
Dawood by the numbers
In 2025, 35 babies in England and Wales were named Dawood. In the US, 13 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 22 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from David
Like Dawood, each of these traces back to David: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Daxtonson of David; a modern patronymic form992 in the US (2017)
- Davinabeloved; feminine form of David313 in the US (2017)
- Davianbeloved; a form of David221 in the US (2017)
- Dawsynson of David; invented respelling of Dawson201 in the US (2017)
- Davonbeloved; a modern form of David164 in the US (2017)
- Davinbeloved; a form of David146 in the US (2017)
- Devontebeloved; a form of David, respelled with -onte suffix135 in the US (2017)
- Daxonson of David; modern patronymic respelling of Daxson132 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dawood. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Dawouda form of Daoud or David, beloved12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dawsonson of David2,068 in the US (2017)
- Dawudbeloved; form of David106 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dawida form of David, beloved12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Daoudbeloved; the arabic form of David4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Damond17 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean love
Like Dawood, each of these has love in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Dawood
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