Dawoud
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- da-WOOD
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Dawoud is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Dawoud mean?
Hebrew: Arabic form of David
“beloved”
Dawud is the Arabic name of King David, honoured in Islam as a prophet to whom the Psalms (Zabur) were given.
Is Dawoud a girl's or a boy's name?
Dawoud is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dawoud in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,087th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 76% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Dawoud, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 31 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dawoud in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 153 boys in the UK were given Dawoud or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #332, up from #2,087 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Dawoud in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,585 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,049 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,351 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
How popular is Dawoud in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Dawoud, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Dawoud in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 boys in the US were given Dawoud or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,707, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
Dawoud in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
Names like Dawoud
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Eesa, Muhammad, Zayd, Ayyub, Zayan, Ibrahim, Zayaan, Zakariya, Arham, Rayyan, Yahya
Other spellings of Dawoud
Names related to Dawoud
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dawoud: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dawoud, updated 20 October 2026.