A baptismal name for a boy
David
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named David
Prophet DavidDecember 29Second king of Israel, psalmist, and ancestor of Christ according to the flesh.
Right-Believing David the BuilderMay 18King of Georgia from 1089 to 1125, who united the country and built churches and monasteries.
Saint David of WalesMarch 1Bishop of Mynyw in the sixth century, patron saint of Wales.
Venerable David of ThessalonicaJune 26Monk of Thessalonica, known for his wise counsel, who lived for many years in a tree.
Venerable David of GarejiMay 7Anchorite and wonderworker, one of the thirteen Syrian Fathers of Georgia, in the sixth century.
Right-Believing David of BulgariaJune 26Bulgarian noble, brother of Emperor Samuel and eldest son of the komes Nicholas, who died in 976.
Venerable David of SerpukhovOctober 18Born Daniel in the 1450s, he founded the Ascension David's Hermitage near Serpukhov; died in 1520.
Venerable David of EuboeaNovember 1Venerable abbot of Euboea, born at Gardenitsa about 1490 and died in 1589.
Right-Believing David FyodorovichSeptember 19Son of Fyodor Rostislavich the Black, known only from a chronicle entry on his death in 1321.- Martyr David of DvinskDecember 23A martyr commemorated in the Serbian Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable David of MidznadzoriOctober 5A Georgian monk venerated by the Georgian Church.
- Martyr David of AragviOctober 2A Georgian prince of Aragvi who died a martyr for the Christian faith.
Questions
The name day of David is December 29, the feast of Prophet David. It is also kept on May 18, March 1, June 26, May 7, October 18, November 1, September 19, December 23.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named David, with their lives and icons.
Yes. David is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Prophet David as patron.