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David French

in the US

There are 745 people with the name "David French" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
David	5
French	440
David French	9,442

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is 436th most common Mack
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is 440th most common French
is 441st most common Mueller
is 442nd most common Hartman
is 443rd most common Contreras
is 444th most common Strickland

is 9,438th most common William Fischer
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is 9,440th most common Charles Day
is 9,441st most common Danny Moore
is 9,442nd most common David French
is 9,443rd most common Enrique Perez
is 9,444th most common Harry Wilson
is 9,445th most common Jacqueline Miller
is 9,446th most common Jean Moore

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Meaning & History

David

French

(male) Biblical name, borne by the greatest of all the kings of Israel, whose history is recounted with great vividness in the first and second books of Samuel and elsewhere. As a boy he killed the giant Philistine Goliath with his slingshot. As king of Judah, and later of all Israel, he expanded the power of the Israelites and established the security of their kingdom. He was also noted as a poet, many of the Psalms being attributed to him. The Hebrew derivation of the name is uncertain; it is said by some to represent a nursery word meaning ‘darling’. It is a very popular Jewish name, but is almost equally common among Gentiles in the English-speaking world. It is particularly common in Wales and Scotland, having been borne by the patron saint of Wales (see Dewi) and by two medieval kings of Scotland.

Short form: Dave.

Pet forms: Davy, Davey, Davie (mainly Scottish); Dai.

Cognates: Irish: Dáibhídh. Scottish Gaelic: Dàibhidh. Welsh: Dafydd, Dewi. German, Dutch: David. French: David. Spanish: David. Italian: Davide. Russian: David. Polish: Dawid. Czech: David. Finnish: Taavi. Hungarian: Dávid.