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David
English
The surname 'David' is of Hebrew origin from the male given name 'David', signifieing 'beloved'. The surname is a patronymic of Davidson, meaning 'the son of David'. The added -s- signifieing the 'son of David'. The given name has been popular amongst the Welsh, Scots, English, French, Portuguese, Czechs and Israelis. It has however been perennially popular amongst Jews, in honour of the biblical king so named, the greatest of the early kings of Israel. Within the Bible the name is given to no one except the great king of Israel. His prominence, and the vivid narrative of his life contained in the first book of Samuel, led to the adoption of his name on a limited scale amongst Cristians throughout Europe during the Middle Ages. The friendship of David and Jonathon ( Sam.18:1-4 ) was proverbial, adding significance to the name. Its popularity within Engand is due to it being the name of the patron saint of Wales and that it was borne by two kings of Scotland ( David 1, reigned 1124-53, and David 2, reigned 1329-71 ). In America the given name is predominately a Jewish name. The name is ancient and dates back to biblical times. The exact period of settlement in North America has not been definitely determined but Information extracted from Public and Civil registry archive's confirm that one of the first settlers was a certain George Davids, who came to America aboard the ship named the 'Elizabeth', he settled in Virginia. Today, 'David' is the 'One thousan and fiftieth' most common surname in North America. ...
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BlazonDavid
1. Coat of arms of family: David
Language of the text: English
Gules, on a bend argent a lion pasant sable. Crest-A lion's head erased, quarterly, sable argent and sable.
Azure, a Hungarian vested gules fur-trimmed ermine with sieves or, holding in his dexter hand a saber skewered in a Turk's head on a mount in base vert. Crest: the man of the shield.
Coat of arms granted to Thomas David on July 1, 1686 by the emperor Leopold I. Source: Siebmacher's großes und allgemeines Wappenbuch, Bd. 4 (Habsburgermonarchie), 15. Abt. T. 1: Der Adel von Ungarn sammt den Nebenländern der St. Stephanskrone, Nürnberg 1893, 125 f.
Party per fesse azure and argent; 1°. a bear issant holding a wreath or surmounted on the dexter by a rising sun or and on the sinister by a crescent argent; 2°. three hillocks in base vert sommè par three roses slipped and leaved vert, one argent between two gules. Crest: the bear of the 1°. holding the roses of the 2°. Lambrequin: dexter azure and or, sinister gules and argent.
Coat of arms of barons David in Turocz, Szent and Peter, source: Siebmacher's großes und allgemeines Wappenbuch, Bd. 4 (Habsburgermonarchie), 15. Abt. T. 1: Der Adel von Ungarn sammt den Nebenländern der St. Stephanskrone, Nürnberg 1893, 125 f.
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