# Daud

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For other uses, see [Daud (disambiguation)](/source/Daud_(disambiguation)).

**Daud** (Arabic: داوود) is a male Arabic given name and surname corresponding to [David](/source/David_(name)). The [Persian](/source/Persian_language) form is **Davud** or **Davoud**. Other variant spellings in the Latin alphabet include **Da'ud**, **Daut**, **Daoud**, **Dawud**, **Dawood**, **Davood**, **Daood** and **Davut**. The meaning of Daud is "Dear", "Beloved" or Cherished one. The name "Daud" is one of those that is used by all the Abrahamic Religions (Islam, Christianity, Judaism).

## People with this given name

- [David in Islam](/source/David_in_Islam) (c. 1043 BC - 937 BC?), referred to variously as Daud, Dawud, Dawood, etc.; the king David of Israel in Islam, considered to be a Prophet and Messenger of Allah.
- [Daud Abdullah](/source/Daud_Abdullah) (born 1955), Grenadian-British researcher and scholar
- [Daud Khan Achakzai](/source/Daud_Khan_Achakzai), Pakistani politician
- [Daud Ali](/source/Daud_Ali) (born 1964), American historian
- [Dawda Bah](/source/Dawda_Bah) (born 1983), Gambian association footballer
- [Daud Beureu'eh](/source/Daud_Beureu'eh) (1899–1987), Acehnese military leader
- [Daud Bolad](/source/Daud_Bolad) (died 1992), Sudanese politician and rebel leader
- [Daouda Compaoré](/source/Daouda_Compaor%C3%A9) (born 1973), Burkinabé association football player
- [Daud Haider](/source/Daud_Haider) (1952–2025), Bangladeshi poet
- [Daoud Hanania](/source/Daoud_Hanania) (born 1934), Jordanian heart surgeon and politician
- [Daud Abdulle Hirsi](/source/Daud_Abdulle_Hirsi) (1925–1965), Somali military leader
- [Daud Ibrahim](/source/Daud_Ibrahim) (1947–2010), Malaysian cyclist
- [Dawood Ibrahim](/source/Dawood_Ibrahim) (born 1955), Indian organised crime leader
- [Daouda Jabi](/source/Daouda_Jabi) (born 1981), Guinean association footballer
- [Dawda Jawara](/source/Dawda_Jawara) (born 1924), Gambian statesman, prime minister and later president
- [Daud Junbish](/source/Daud_Junbish), Afghan journalist
- [Daud Kamal](/source/Daud_Kamal) (1935–1987), Pakistani English literature professor
- [Dauda Kamara](/source/Dauda_Kamara), Sierra Leonean politician
- [Dawud of Kanem](/source/Dawud_of_Kanem), 14th-century Kanem leader
- [Daud Khan Karrani](/source/Daud_Khan_Karrani) (died 1576), Bengali military leader
- [David XI of Kartli](/source/David_XI_of_Kartli) (died c. 1579), King of Kartli
- [Mohammed Daoud Khan](/source/Mohammed_Daoud_Khan) (1909–1978), Afghan statesman, prime minister and later president
- [Daud Khan (cricketer)](/source/Daud_Khan_(cricketer)) (1912–1979), Pakistani cricket player and umpire
- [Daud Ali Khan](/source/Daud_Ali_Khan) (died 1883), Nawab of Masulipatam in India
- [Daud Abdihakim Omar](/source/Daud_Abdihakim_Omar), Somali politician and government minister
- [Daud Mohamed Omar](/source/Daud_Mohamed_Omar), Somali politician and government minister
- [Daud Khan Panni](/source/Daud_Khan_Panni) (died 1715), Mughul commander and later Nawab of the Carnatic region of south India
- [Daud Bandagi Kirmani](/source/Daud_Bandagi_Kirmani), 16th-century Indian saint
- [Daud Mirza](/source/Daud_Mirza) (1969–2014), Pakistani-Norwegian actor
- [Dawud M. Mu'Min](/source/Dawud_M._Mu'Min) (1953–1997), American convicted murderer
- [Daud Rahbar](/source/Daud_Rahbar) (1926–2013), Pakistani-American writer, musicologist, and scholar
- [Dawood Olad Al-Seyed](/source/Dawood_Olad_Al-Seyed) (born 1953), Moroccan film director
- [Daoud Soumain](/source/Daoud_Soumain) (died 2008), Chadian military leader
- [Daoud Mustafa Khalid](/source/Daoud_Mustafa_Khalid) (1917–2008), Sudanese neurologist.
- [Dawud Salahuddin](/source/Dawud_Salahuddin) (born 1950), American Muslim terrorist
- [Daud Khan Undiladze](/source/Daud_Khan_Undiladze), 17th century Iranian military commander and politician
- [Daouda Malam Wanké](/source/Daouda_Malam_Wank%C3%A9) (c. 1950–2004), Nigerien military and political leader
- [Dawud Wharnsby](/source/Dawud_Wharnsby) (born 1972), Canadian singer-songwriter

## People with this surname

- [J. B. Dauda](/source/J._B._Dauda) (born 1942), Sierra Leonean politician and government minister
- [Darni M Daud](/source/Darni_M_Daud) (born 1961), Indonesian university administrator
- [Kamilou Daouda](/source/Kamilou_Daouda) (born 1987), Nigerien footballer
- [Muhammed Dawood (disambiguation)](/source/Muhammed_Dawood_(disambiguation)), several people
- [N. J. Dawood](/source/N._J._Dawood) (1927–2014), Iraqi translator
- [Parviz Davoodi](/source/Parviz_Davoodi) (born 1952), Iranian politician
- [Roselan Daud](/source/Roselan_Daud) (born 1961), Bruneian politician
- [Siraj Mehfuz Daud](/source/Siraj_Mehfuz_Daud) (1931–2010), Indian judge
- [Sulaiman Daud](/source/Sulaiman_Daud) (1933–2010), Malaysian politician and government minister
- [Zulekha Daud](/source/Zulekha_Daud), Indian hospital administrator

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