What Is The Origin Of Last Name DAVIS?

The male name "Davis" is of Old English origin. It means the son of David.

First name Davis is Hebrew name which means 'beloved'. The name has so many variations like Davidde, Davide, Davina, Davita, Dave, Davey, Davy, Davie, Davi, Davyd, Davidson, Dawes etc.

The last name Davis is of Southern English which patronymic from David. John Davis or Davys is a popular name of an English navigator.

Is davis a french jewish name?

Davis Definition: Son of David (King of Israel.....blood line that Christ came trough)
Surname Origin: English, Welsh
Alternate Surname Spellings: Davies(Welsh), David, Davidson, Davison
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The last name Davies, Is From wales, meaning the son of David. It has Different Spellings since, many people were illiterate, the priests had to spell it the way they thought it should be spelled, The most common are Davies and Davis. I hope this helped some what.

Davis: In Hebrew as a last name it refers to one who is blessed or beloved not the for-name and as for there fore-name/forename being davis it refers to as of many things but all implying the same basic summary the son of god . Now of course Hebrew is read right to left not left to right which can leave many unaware as to where one is a forename in Hebrew it may appear last ( only if reading it in Hebrew of course) so if you are using google translate such as me beware :)