boy name · Source-indexed record
Davood
ديفد
Davood is the Persian variant/pronunciation of the Arabic boy name Dawood, which is the name of a prophet mentioned in the Quran (known as David in the Bible) and means beloved friend.
- Arabic spelling
- ديفد
- Pronunciation
- dah-VOODAuto-generated reading guide
- Origin
- QuranicSource-stated
- Gender
- boy
- First letter
- D
- Source
- Muslim Names Dataset (CC0 1.0)
About Davood
Davood is listed in the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset as a male name. The source records its meaning as “Davood is the Persian variant/pronunciation of the Arabic boy name Dawood, which is the name of a prophet mentioned in the Quran (known as David in the Bible) and means beloved friend.”. Its origin label is stated directly in the source text. Its reader-friendly phonetic spelling is generated deterministically from the published transliteration and should be reviewed for names with complex or region-specific pronunciation.
Meaning and Arabic spelling are sourced from the Muslim Names Dataset or, where provided, the record-specific provenance URL. Origin labels are source-stated where available or transparently inferred from the published script or etymological signal. Phonetic respellings are generated reading guides, not native-speaker recordings. See Sources & methodology for data limitations.