Deividas

Usages: Lithuanian (Modern)

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Pronunciation: DYAY-vyi-dus

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Meaning: Lithuanian form of David via its English form, as the English pronunciation of David amounts to Deivid in Lithuanian. In other words: the name Deividas is (for the most part) a Lithuanian phonetical spelling of the English pronunciation of David. This also shows in how the name of contemporary anglophone bearers is lithuanized in modern Lithuanian: for example, the famous American magician David Copperfield (b. 1956) is known as Deividas Koperfildas in Lithuania, rather than as Dovydas Koperfildas. It is also used as a modern given name in Lithuania.

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A modern Lithuanian namesake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deividas_Gailius

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- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deividas (in German)
- https://www.tevu-darzelis.lt/vaiku-vardai/deividas/ (in Lithuanian; mentions that this name is derived from the English name David. To be more precise: it is modelled after how the name David is pronounced in the English language)
- http://www.vardai.org/vardo-reiksme/deividas/ (in Lithuanian; mentions that this name is derived from the English name David)
- http://day.lt/vardai/deividas (in Lithuanian; mentions that this name is derived from the English name David)
- http://vardai.vlkk.lt/vardas/Deividas (in Lithuanian; mentions that this name is derived from the English name David)
- https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Copperfield (in Lithuanian)
- https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3ADeividas
- https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Deividas&last=&search=Zoeken
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deividas (in English; features a list of bearers, the oldest of which was born in August 1977)
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deividas (in German; features a list of bearers, the oldest of which was born in September 1963)

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(Information from name #260178 originally submitted by user cutenose)