Dawud is a boy's name of Arabic origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 44 boys in the United States.
Dawud belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Dawud first appears in Social Security records in 1970. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1457 in 1977, and in 2024 44 babies received the name — 991 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Dawud is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Arabic origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Dawud is a boy name. In 2024, 44 babies received the name in the US.
Dawud comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Dawud first appears in US records in 1970. Its best-ever ranking was #1457 in 1977, and 44 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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