Dave

See also: dave, davė, davę, and dávě

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deɪv/, IPA^(key): /dəveɪ/ (second sense)

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪv

Proper noun

Dave

1. A diminutive of the male given name David, also used as a formal given name.
   • 1994, Caroline Knapp, The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays, Counterpoint Press, published 2004, →ISBN, pages 169, 170:

     David, with its final "d", sounds finished and complete, whereas Dave just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely. - - - Worse, if your name is Dave, the only possible nickname is "Davey", which makes you sound like you should be wearing a coonskin cap.

2. A surname from Gujarati from Gujarati દવે (dave, “(one who has studied) two Vedas”).
3. (very rare) A female given name.

Related terms

• Davey
• Davie
• Dwivedi

Translations

male given name

• Greek: Ντέιβ (Ntéiv) (transliteration from English)

Gujarati surname

• Gujarati: દવે (dave)

Anagrams

• E.D. Va., Veda, deva, vade

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Dave, diminutive of David.

Proper noun

Dave

1. a male given name

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Dave.