Dave
See also: dave, davė, davę, and dávě
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deɪv/
Audio (Berkshire, England) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪv
Proper noun
Dave
- 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.
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- A surname from Gujarati from Sanskrit द्विवेदिन् (dvivedin, “(one who has studied) two Vedas”).
- (very rare) A female given name.
Related terms
- Davey
- Davie
- Dwivedi
Translations
Gujarati surname
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Anagrams
- E.D. Va., Veda, deva, vade