There are many indicators that the name Davies may be of Jewish origin, emanating from the Jewish communities of Spain and Portugal.

Davies is a patronymic surname of Welsh origin. There are two main theories concerning its beginnings, neither of which has been definitively proved.

The surname Davis is a patronymic formed from the Hebraic, given name David. David was perhaps the greatest of the early kings of Israel, whose life and ...

Davis is a surname of English and Welsh origin. As an English surname it may be a corruption of Davy or a reference to King David in the Old Testament.

The most commonly-observed ancestry found in people with the surname Davies is British & Irish, which comprises 68.2% of all ancestry found in people with the ...

Davids : 1: Dutch and Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name David. 2: English (Middlesex): from the Welsh patronymic 'Dafydd's (son)' (Welsh ...

Davis Surname Meaning. English and Welsh: patronymic meaning 'Dafydd's (son)' equivalent to Welsh ap Dafydd the Welsh form of David .The ...

The name Davis is short for Davids son, or Son of David, and comes from the sons of David, who came out of Jerusalem and reached Scotland and assimilated to ...

The origin of the name Davi(e)s. patronymic of David. Czech, English, French, Jewish, Portuguese, Scots and Welsh: from the Hebrew male given name David ...