Daud

Daud

Pronunciation	Arabic: [daː.wuːd] Persian: [dævuːd]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Arabic, Persian
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	David
Other names
Alternative spelling	Dawud, Dawood, Daoud, Davud, Davut
Variant form(s)	Davud (Persian), Davut (Turkish)
Related names	David

Daud, Dawud or Dawoud (Template:Lang-ar dāwūd) is an male Arabic given name and surname which is the Arabicized name of the Abrahamic figure, king and prophet David in Islam (David).

The name Dawud written in Arabic with one waw (و) is correct, sometimes the incorrect written form (داوود) is also used.

The name in Arabic bears the same meaning in the Hebrew name David, "beloved, apple of one's eye, dearest, sweetheart". The Hebrew name David is sometimes considered to be the Hebrew equivalent of the Arabic male given name Habib which also bears the same meaning.

Other Latinized variant spellings include Da'ud, Daut, Daoud, Dawood, Davood, Daood.

The Persian form is Davud or Davoud and the Turkish (Turkic) written form is Davut.

People with this given name

• Dawood (c. 1043 BC - 937 BC?), The king David of Israel in Islam, considered to be a Prophet and Messenger of Allah.
• Daud Abdullah (born 1955), Grenadian-British researcher and scholar
• Daud Khan Achakzai, Pakistani politician
• Daud Ali (born 1964), American historian
• Dawda Bah (born 1983), Gambian association footballer
• Daud Beureu'eh (1899–1987), Acehnese military leader
• Daud Bolad (died 1992), Sudanese politician and rebel leader
• Daouda Compaoré (born 1973), Burkinabé association football player
• Daud Daliyev (born 1997), Russian association football player
• Daud Haider (born 1952), Bangladeshi poet
• Daoud Hanania (born 1934), Jordanian heart surgeon and politician
• Daud Abdulle Hirsi (1925–1965), Somali military leader
• Daud Ibrahim (1947–2010), Malaysian cyclist
• Dawood Ibrahim (born 1955), Indian organised crime leader
• Daouda Jabi (born 1981), Guinean association footballer
• Dawda Jawara (born 1924), Gambian statesman, prime minister and later president
• Daud Junbish, Afghan journalist
• Dawud of Kanem, 14th-century Kanem leader
• Daud Kamal (1935–1987), Pakistani English literature professor
• Dauda Kamara, Sierra Leonean politician
• Daud Khan Karrani (died 1576), Bengali military leader
• David XI of Kartli (died c. 1579), King of Kartli
• Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909–1978), Afghan statesman, prime minister and later president
• Daud Khan (cricketer) (1912–1979), Pakistani cricket player and umpire
• Daud Ali Khan (died 1883), Nawab of Masulipatam in India
• Daud Abdihakim Omar, Somali politician and government minister
• Daud Mohamed Omar, Somali politician and government minister
• Daud Khan Panni (died 1715), Mughul commander and later Nawab of the Carnatic region of south India
• Daud Bandagi Kirmani, 16th-century Indian saint
• Daud Mirza (1969–2014), Pakistani-Norwegian actor
• Dawud M. Mu'Min (1953–1997), American convicted murderer
• Daud Rahbar (1926–2013), Pakistani-American writer, musicologist, and scholar
• Daoud Soumain (died 2008), Chadian military leader
• Daoud Mustafa Khalid (1917-2008), Sudanese neurologist.
• Daud Khan Undiladze, 17th century Iranian military commander and politician
• Daouda Malam Wanké (c. 1950–2004), Nigerien military and political leader
• Dawud Wharnsby (born 1972), Canadian singer-songwriter

People with this surname

• Indanan Kasim Daud, Filipino politician
• J. B. Dauda (born 1942), Sierra Leonean politician and government minister
• Darni M Daud (born 1961), Indonesian university administrator
• Kamilou Daouda (born 1987), Nigerien footballer
• Muhammed Dawood (disambiguation), several people
• N. J. Dawood (1927–2014), Iraqi translator
• Parviz Davoodi (born 1952), Iranian politician
• Siraj Mehfuz Daud (1931–2010), Indian judge
• Sulaiman Daud (1933–2010), Malaysian politician and government minister
• Zulekha Daud, Indian hospital administrator