Muslim Name · Male · Hebrew (preserved in Quranic Arabic) origin
Dawud Name Meaning in Islam
Beloved.
- Meaning
- Beloved; the prophet David
- Origin
- Hebrew (preserved in Quranic Arabic)
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- د-و-د
- Urdu
- دَاوُد
- Pronunciation
- daa-OOD /daː.ˈwuːd/
- Lucky number
- 6
Is Dawud an Islamic name? Yes. Dawud is an established name in Muslim use, Hebrew (preserved in Quranic Arabic) in origin. Its settled meaning is: Beloved; the prophet David. Its root appears in the Quran, and the name is in continuous use across the Muslim world. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
د-و-د. Arabic root associated with love and the beloved; one held repeatedly dear.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Dal is the door of beloved access, Alif raises the prophetic voice in praise, Waw joins king and Lord in covenant, and the final Dal returns the soul to its first affection.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Dawud's letters draw from many elements at once, a full palette, not a single note. This is a name that asks its bearer to hold contradictions gracefully: warmth and steadiness, movement and depth. Running through the reading is Al-Dayyan, the Judge, carried by a person as the fair judgment that keeps a household whole. A person named Dawud carries a full weather system inside a single quiet chest.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
David, the Prophet Dawud, named in the Quran as a king and a messenger. The name comes through Hebrew Dawid (beloved) into Arabic دَاوُد. The Quran honours Dawud directly in many surahs, especially Surah Sad: 'And remember Our servant Dawud, the possessor of strength. Indeed, he was one who repeatedly turned back [to Allah]' (38:17).
Dawud was given the Zabur (the Psalms) by Allah: 'And to Dawud We gave the Zabur' (4:163, 17:55). He was also given the unique gift that the mountains and birds joined him in glorifying Allah: 'Indeed, We subjected the mountains to glorify with him in the evening and at sunrise. And the birds, gathered, all with him repenting' (38:18-19). The Quran also describes his iron-working, 'And We made iron pliable for him' (34:10), and his judgement of two disputants in 38:21-26.
The Quran narrates how Dawud's killing of Goliath (Jalut) marked the beginning of his rise: 'And Dawud killed Goliath, and Allah gave him sovereignty and prophethood' (2:251). His son was the Prophet Sulayman. Top Arab, Pakistani, Indonesian, and Maghrebi boys name. Variants: Dawood, Daud, Dawud, Davood (Persian), Davut (Turkish). Famous bearers include Imam Abu Dawud al-Sijistani (d. 275 AH), compiler of one of the six canonical Hadith collections. The Arabic is دَاوُد.
Dāwūd (AS). King David, is named directly in the Quran 16 times. He received the Zabūr (Psalms, mentioned at 4:163; 17:55), was given mastery over iron, taught the language of birds, and ruled Bani Israʾīl in justice.
The Quran calls his voice so beautiful that mountains and birds joined him in praise (38:18–19; 21:79). His son Sulaymān (AS) inherited his prophethood. The name (Hebrew David, 'beloved') is preserved in the Quran.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Prophet Dawud (David)c. 10th century BCE·Holy LandProphet and king in the Quran, recipient of the Zabur
- Abu Dawud al-Sijistani817–889 CE·Iraq/PersiaHadith scholar, compiler of Sunan Abi Dawud
How to Pronounce Dawud
/daː.ˈwuːd/ Two long vowels with stress on the second.Is this the spelling you searched?
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Variants of this name
For Dawud, each Latin spelling has its own AsrNaam page, with its own usage and regional context.
In English this is David. The two names belong to the same prophet, and that page reads the Quranic and Biblical accounts side by side.
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Names sharing the د Dal influence
Like Dawud, these names carry Dal (د) as their leading letter influence.
Cross-cultural Variations
Dawud across the Muslim world
The same Arabic name is romanised differently across communities, same letters, same root, same reading. Each form carries the same spiritual structure; each entry is its own canonical reading on AsrNaam.
Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Dawud
What does the name Dawud mean?
The letters of Dawud, beginning with Dal, each carry a separate quality. What does Ilm ul Huroof read here? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Dawud? →
Is Dawud mentioned in the Quran?
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What does Dawud mean in Urdu?
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Is Dawud a good Islamic name?
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What is the spiritual meaning of Dawud in Ilm ul Huroof?
In Ilm ul Huroof, the science of letters that Ibn Arabi worked within, every letter of Dawud is a principle, not a phoneme. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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