Davids is an unusual patronymic surname and a variant of Davidis. The name is mostly found in Great Britain and in the Netherlands. Davids is derived from the Hebrew word for "beloved".
The name was popularised by the story of King David, who is regarded as the greatest of the early kings of Israel and founder of the Davidic line.
The surname first migrated to England after the Norman conquest of 1066. The surname was first found in Sussex where bearers of the name were Lords of the manor of Peasmarsh in that shire, and were descendend from Robert, count of Eu, in Normandy.
The name may refer to:
Davids, parish in Denmark
Aäron Davids, chief rabbi of Rotterdam
Arthur Rhys-Davids (1897-1917), British flying ace
Dorothy Davids (1923–2014), American / Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohicans educator
Edgar Davids, Dutch footballer
Fadlu Davids, South African soccer striker
Faiek Davids was a South African first class cricketer in the 1980s
Hendrik Jan Davids, Dutch tennis player
Henry Davids, South African cricketer
Henry Davids (fencer), British fencer
Lance Davids, South African footballer
Lorenzo Davids, Dutch footballer
Neil Davids, English footballer
Sharice Davids, American politician and MMA fighter
Willibrord Davids, judge and former president of the high council of the Netherlands
Surname list
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Davids is an unusual patronymic surname and a variant of Davidis. The name is mostly found in Great Britain and in the Netherlands. Davids is derived from...
footballers. Davids was born in Suriname and is of Afro-Surinamese and Jewish descent from his mother. The family moved to the Netherlands when Davids was an...
Missouri–Kansas City and Cornell Law School, Davids was a professional mixed martial artist in the 2010s. Davids was born on May 22, 1980, in Frankfurt, West...
St Davids or St David's (Welsh: Tyddewi, [tiː ˈðɛwi], lit. "David's house”) is a cathedral city in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It lies on the River Alun and...
St Davids Cathedral (Welsh: Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi) is an Anglican cathedral situated in St Davids, Britain's smallest city, in the county of Pembrokeshire...
IV-XII Rhys Davids, T. W. (1891). The Sects of the Buddhists By T. W. Rhys Davids. The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, pp. 409–422 Rhys Davids, T. W....
Trident". As a Navy SEAL officer, Davids served as an assistant platoon commander and platoon commander for SEAL Team Two. Davids volunteered for assignment...
in 2012 Davids has served as assistant coach to Ernst Middendorp at Maritzburg United. When Middendorp left Martizburg United in 2016, Davids was named...
Leonard Davids (March 19, 1926 – February 10, 2002), known as Bob Davids or L. Robert Davids, was an American baseball researcher and writer and the founder...
Thomas William Rhys Davids in 1894. They had three children: Vivien Brynhild Caroline Foley Rhys Davids (1895–1978), Arthur Rhys Davids (1897–1917), and...
Bishop of St Davids is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St Davids. The succession of bishops stretches back to Saint David who in the 6th...
Rhys Davids as a surname may refer to: Thomas William Rhys Davids, British scholar, founder and president of the Pāli Text Society, husband of next Caroline...
Lorenzo Davids (born 4 September 1986) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for ninth-tier Vierde Klasse side SV Nijmegen. Lorenzo Davids started...
from many sources, including a detailed account by Jules Davids himself, establish that Davids prepared initial drafts of five of the chapters on the book...
Davids Island may refer to: Davids Island (New York), United States Davids Island (Nunavut), Canada Davis Island (disambiguation), several places David...
New York City Parents Union. Davids was born in South Africa and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Early in her career, Davids worked for the Dutch companies...
Davids is an American independent filmmaker and writer, especially in the area of science fiction. Often collaborating with his wife Hollace, Davids has...
Bradley Davids is a South African rugby union player for the Sharks in the Currie Cup. His regular position is scrum-half. Davids was named in the Sharks...
grandfather Goliath Davids. He married Cindy Davids in 2013. The couple have two children; the elder child Elijah was born in 2016. Davids was 11 when he began...
Exeter St Davids railway station is the principal railway station serving the city of Exeter in Devon, England. It is 193 miles 72 chains (193.90 mi; 312...
The Archdeacon of St Davids is a senior cleric in the Church in Wales' Diocese of St Davids. The archdeacon is the senior priest with responsibility over...
won five Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards. In 2017, Davids was elected president of PEN South Africa. Davids was born in 1977 in Cape Town, South Africa, where...
rugby. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022. Angelo Davids at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived) Angelo Davids at Springboks.rugby v t e...
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