Name numerology
David: name numerology
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Three of the five letters in David are worth 4 apiece — two D and a V — and together they give a Personality of 3. All five add to 22 for an Expression of 4, while the Soul Urge is 7.
Expression number
4
every letter
Soul Urge number
7
vowels only
Personality number
3
consonants only
David, letter by letter
Each letter carries its value from this language’s table. They add to 22, which reduces to an Expression number of 4.
| Letter | Value |
|---|---|
| d | 4 |
| a | 1 |
| v | 4 |
| i | 9 |
| d | 4 |
| Total | 22 |
A name at the top of English lists
David is Hebrew, usually glossed as beloved, and belongs to the king who fills a long stretch of the Hebrew Bible. English has kept it in continuous use for centuries, helped by Dewi, the Welsh form borne by the patron saint of Wales, and it sat near the top of English-speaking name lists through most of the twentieth century. Dave, Davey and Welsh Dafydd are separate spellings with separate sums.
Three letters at 4 and one heavy I
The values run D 4, A 1, V 4, I 9, D 4. I is the outlier: at 9 it outweighs any two other letters here, since nothing else reaches past 4. The total is 22, giving an Expression of 4, and the three consonants add to 12 for a Personality of 3. The Soul Urge takes its numbers from a different table, where I counts 6 rather than 9 and A stays at 1, so two vowels produce 7 — the highest of the three figures, drawn from the smallest part of the name.
Frequently asked
Is Dave calculated as a short form of David?
No. Dave is four letters with an E where David has I and a second D, so nothing carries over except the first two letters.
Does the Welsh Dafydd share these numbers?
No. Dafydd has six letters including a Y, which this method treats as a vowel, so both the total and the vowel set change.
Why is I worth 9 in the table but 6 in the Soul Urge?
The Soul Urge is read from a vowel cipher that is separate from the letter table, and the two assign I different values.
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