Male name
When is David’s name day?
Δαβίδ · David
Main name day
Sunday after Christmas
This year: Sunday 27 December 2026
Kept on the Sunday between 26 and 31 December; if there is none, on 26 December.
The Greek name Δαβίδ (David) is celebrated on the Sunday after Christmas.
Next name day
Sunday after Christmas: Joseph the Betrothed, King David and James the Brother of the Lord
Dates in the coming years
This is a movable feast: it depends on the date of Orthodox Easter and changes every year.
- 2026Sunday 27 December 2026Sunday after Christmas: Joseph the Betrothed, King David and James the Brother of the Lord
- 2027Sunday 26 December 2027Sunday after Christmas: Joseph the Betrothed, King David and James the Brother of the Lord
- 2028Sunday 31 December 2028Sunday after Christmas: Joseph the Betrothed, King David and James the Brother of the Lord
The saints behind the name day
- Saint Joseph the Betrothed1st centuryThe betrothed of the Theotokos who, according to the Gospels, protected the Holy Family.Read more
- The Prophet-King DavidThe king and prophet of Israel to whom the Psalms are attributed.Read more
- Saint James, the Brother of the Lord1st centuryFirst bishop of Jerusalem; the Divine Liturgy of Saint James is attributed to him.According to tradition, James was a son of Joseph from an earlier marriage, which is why he is called "Adelphotheos" (brother of God). He became the first bishop of Jerusalem and led the earliest Christian community there with justice and steadfastness in the faith. The oldest Divine Liturgy of the Church is attributed to him, as is the Catholic Epistle in the New Testament that bears his name, which urges believers to be "doers of the word, and not hearers only".Read more
Variants and other forms
- In Latin letters
- David
- English equivalents
- David
- In Greek
- Δαβίδ