Pronunciation | Czech: [ˈduʃan] Serbo-Croatian: [dǔʃan] Slovak: [ˈduʂan] |
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Gender | male |
Language(s) | Slavic |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Slavic |
Word/name | duša "soul" |
Derivation | duš- (root) + an (suffix) |
Region of origin | Slavic |
Other names | |
Pet form(s) | Dule (in Serbian) |
Related names | Duško (in Serbian) |
Dušan (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан) is a Slavic given name primarily used in countries of Yugoslavia; and among Slovaks and Czechs.] The name is derived from the Slavic noun duša "soul".
Occurrence
Name | Count people (Rank) | State | Date |
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Dušan | 14,972 | Czechia | 2016[3] |
Dušan | 40,191 (57rd; 19th man's) | Slovakia | 2000-10[4] |
Dušan | 7,660 (33rd) | Slovenia | 2021-01-01[5] |
Dušan | 5,656 | Croatia | 2011[6] |
In Serbia, it was the 29th most popular name for males, as of 2010.
David is a common masculine given name. It is of Hebrew origin, and its popularity derives from King David, a figure of central importance in the Hebrew Bible and in the religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Etymology
David (Hebrew: דָּוִד, Modern: David, Tiberian: Dāwîḏ) means "beloved", derived from the root dôwd (דּוֹד), which originally meant "to boil", but survives in Biblical Hebrew only in the figurative usage "to love"; specifically, it is a term for an uncle or figuratively, a lover/beloved (it is used in this way in the Song of Songs: אני לדודי ודודי לי, "I am for my beloved and my beloved is for me"). In Christian tradition, the name was adopted as Syriac: ܕܘܝܕ Dawid, Greek Δαυίδ, Latin Davidus or David. The Quranic spelling is دَاوُۥد Dāwūd or Dā'ūd.
David was adopted as a Christian name from an early period, e.g. David of Wales (6th century), David Saharuni (7th century), David I of Iberia (9th century). Name days are celebrated on 8 February (for David IV of Georgia), 1 March (for St. David of Wales) and 29 December (for King David), as well as 25 June (St. David of Sweden), 26 June, 9 July (Russia), 26 August, 11 December and 30 December (Hungary, Latvia, Norway, Czech Republic).
Hypocorisms
The oldest, most popular and most commonly used diminutive form in the English speaking countries of David is Dav, which first appeared in written form in the 16th century. The nickname Dav or Dave has been used as a name in its own right in the 19th and 20th centuries, at least in the United States. At the height of its popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s, the name Dave was bestowed upon more than 3,000 infants each year.
Other common English-language hypocorisms of the name David are Dave, Dav, Davey, Davie, Davo, Davs, Davis, Daviey, and Davy. The Welsh Dafydd is also abbreviated Dewi, Dai and Daf.
In Ashkenazi Jewish culture, common hypocorisms of Dovid are Dovi and Dov. Dudi is a common hypocorism in Modern Hebrew.
Davo is also used as a nickname, and is quite common in Australia and Armenia, while the nickname Dato (for Davit) is popular in the country of Georgia.
https://www.ifate.com/name-meanings/meaning-of-the-name-david.html
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