Davidas as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Davidas

What is the meaning of the name Davidas ?

The baby name Davidas is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Lithuanian: /ˈdɐvɪdɐs/ — respelled: DAH-vee-dahs (stress on first syllable).

Davidas is Hebrew in Origin.

Davidas is a modern Lithuanian form of David, created by adding the native masculine suffix -as to an international base. It ultimately derives from Hebrew Dawid/David, likely from the root dod meaning “beloved,” a sense that fueled its spread across Jewish and Christian traditions through the prestige of King David.

In Lithuanian usage, Davidas sits alongside the long-established biblical Dovydas and the late 20th-century Deividas (influenced by English David). Davidas emerged in the mid to late 20th century as a Lithuanianized rendering of Russian Давид or international David, and remains less common than its cousins yet fully transparent to Lithuanian speakers. Cognates and variants include David (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian), Davi (Brazilian Portuguese), Dawid (Polish), Dāvids (Latvian), Dávid (Hungarian, Slovak), Davide (Italian), and Davíð (Icelandic). The name retains the core meaning “beloved” across these traditions.