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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Russian, Bulgarian, and Jewish (from eastern Ukraine or eastern Belarus) : alternative spelling of Davidov (Bulgarian, Jewish) or Davydov (Russian, Jewish), a patronymic name from the personal name David. In some cases it is from Davidovich, shortened in America.

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