Davy

See also: davy

English

Alternative forms

• Davie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪvi/

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• Rhymes: -eɪvi

Proper noun

Davy

1. A diminutive of the male given name David.
   • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

     Tell him, I'll knock his leek about his pate
     Upon Saint Davy's day.

2. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from David.

Derived terms

• Davy Crockett
• Davy Jones
• Davy Jones's locker
• Davy lamp

 

Noun

Davy (plural Davies or Davys)

1. A Davy lamp.
   • 1845, The Literary Gazette:

     […] the experience of more than one of the best-regulated collieries of the north of England, where a vast number of Davies are in daily use.

Anagrams

• V-Day

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.vi/

Proper noun

Davy m

1. a surname derived from David
2. a male given name of modern usage

Derived terms

• lampe Davy

Manx

Proper noun

Davy m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English David

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Davy	Ghavy	Navy
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.