Davids is an unusual patronymic
surname
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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 Davidic line or House of David () refers to the lineage of the Israelite king David through texts in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and through the succeeding centuries.
According to the Bible, David, of the Tribe of Judah, was the t ...
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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
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Willibrord Davids
Willibrord (; 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary and saint, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands. He became the first bishop of Utrecht
List of bishops and archbishops of the diocese and arch ...
, judge and former president of the high council of the Netherlands
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Aäron Davids, chief rabbi of Rotterdam
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Edgar Davids
Edgar Steven Davids (; born 13 March 1973) is a Dutch-Surinamese former professional footballer and current coach.
After beginning his career with Ajax, winning several domestic and international titles, he subsequently played in Italy for AC Mi ...
, Dutch footballer
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Fadlu Davids
Fadluraghman "Fadlu" Davids (born 21 May 1981 in Cape Town, Western Cape) is a retired South African football (soccer) striker who last played for Premier Soccer League club Maritzburg United. He was twice the highest goalscorer in the South Af ...
, South African soccer striker
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Faiek Davids
Faiek Davids (born 1 September 1964) is a former South African first-class cricketer. A big hitting lower to middle order batsman, he played with Western Province and Boland during the 1990s, after earlier appearing in the Howa Bowl
The Howa ...
was a South African first class cricketer in the 1980s
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Hendrik Jan Davids, Dutch tennis player
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Henry Davids
Henry Davids (born 19 January 1980) is a South African cricketer. A right-handed batsman and a useful right-arm medium-fast bowler, Davids started his career with the Boland cricket team and then moved to the Nashua Cape Cobras. He performed we ...
, South African cricketer
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Henry Davids (fencer)
Henri Davids (30 January 1873 – 16 February 1950) was a British fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London ...
, British fencer
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Lance Davids
Lance Davids (born 11 April 1985) is a South African former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Born in Cape Town, Davids hails from Mitchell's Plain on the Cape Flats.
In 1999, Davids went for trials with Budgie B ...
, South African footballer
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Lorenzo Davids
Lorenzo Davids (born 4 September 1986) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for ninth-tier Vierde Klasse side SV Nijmegen.
Club career Feyenoord
Lorenzo Davids started playing football at a young age and joined various youth teams, w ...
, Dutch footballer
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Neil Davids
Neil Davids (22 September 1955 – 23 December 2011) was an English professional footballer who played as a defender.
Born in Bingley, Bradford, Davids started his career Leeds United, and represented England at youth level. He signed profess ...
, English footballer
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Sharice Davids
Sharice Lynnette Davids (; born May 22, 1980) is an American attorney, former mixed martial artist, and politician serving as the U.S. representative from since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she represents a district that includes mos ...
, American politician and MMA fighter
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