Daut as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Daut

What is the meaning of the name Daut ?

The baby name Daut is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdaut/ (DOWT — rhymes with 'doubt').

Daut is Albanian in Origin.

Daut is a masculine given name found across the Balkans, especially among Albanian and Bosniak families. It descends from Arabic Dawud/Da'ud, the Qur'anic form of the biblical David, most likely entering local naming through Ottoman Turkish Davut. Ultimately the name goes back to Hebrew Dawid, from a root meaning "beloved," so Daut carries the sense of "beloved" or "dearly loved."

Attested in Ottoman registers and later civil records, Daut appears in Albanian scholarly and political circles and remains familiar in Muslim communities of the western Balkans and their diaspora, though rarer than David or Davut today. Related variants and cognates include Daud, Dawud, Dawood, Daoud, Davud, Davut, Dawit, and David. Patronymic or localized forms such as Dauti (Albanian surname) and Dautic also occur.