Davidov
title: "Davidov" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["patronymic-surnames", "surnames-derived-from-given-names", "slavic-language-surnames"] topic_path: "general/patronymic-surnames" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidov" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
Davidov (Давидов; feminine Davidova (Давидова)) is a surname meaning "descendant of Давид (David)". Sometimes it may be a transliteration of "Давыдов/Давыдова". Notable people with the surname include:
- Aleksandar Davidov, Serbian footballer
- Alexei Davidov (1867–1940), Russian cellist, composer, and businessman, son of August Davidov
- August Davidov (1823–1885), Russian mathematician and pedagogue, brother of Karl Davidov
- Guy Davidov, Israeli professor of law
- Ivan Davidov (1943–2015), Bulgarian footballer
- Jayar Davidov (died 2023), Israeli police officer
- Karl Davidov (Davydov) (1838–1889), Russian cellist, conductor, composer, and pedagogue, brother of August Davidov
- Lea Davidova-Medene, Latvian sculptor
- Marv Davidov (1931–2012), American peace activist and founder of the Honeywell Project
- Milan Davidov (born 1978), Serbian footballer
- Shani Bloch-Davidov (born 1979), Israeli Olympic racing cyclist
- Toma Davidov (1863–1903), Bulgarian Army officer and participant in the Macedonian Revolutionary Movement,
- Valeriya Davidova (Davydova), Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast of Russian origin ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::