Dawoud
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning a form of Daoud or David, beloved.
Dawoud by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Dawoud. In the US, 7 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 7 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from David
Like Dawoud, 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.
- Dawsonson of David2,068 in the US (2017)
- 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)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dawoud. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Dawudbeloved; form of David106 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dawoodbeloved; form of David35 in England and Wales (2025)
- Daoudbeloved; the arabic form of David4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dawida form of David, beloved12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Davudbeloved; a form of David9 in the US (2017)
- Daoudaa form of David; beloved7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean love
Like Dawoud, each of these has love in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Dawoud
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