David

David's ordinal value of 40 lands on a number scripture uses repeatedly for periods of testing and preparation (40 days, 40 years), which many gematria writers connect to his own long wait between being anointed and actually taking the throne. Its reduction to Four is often read as an emphasis on the steady, unglamorous groundwork behind his rise. The name itself is traditionally read as meaning "beloved" in Hebrew, and it's one of the most consistently used names in Jewish and Christian naming traditions alike across the centuries since, giving it an unusually long, unbroken run of real-world use compared to many names that cycle in and out of fashion.