Dave Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Spellings drift, and Dave is where Davide drifted for some families. At root, the name means “The Italian personal name equivalent to David”. Records show Dave as one of the forms Davide took over time. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Dave ranked 6,504 in the 2010 US Census, with 5,218 people answering to the name. From 1891 to 2000, 432 births in France were registered under Dave. Names that sound alike, such as Davie, Davy and Dove, are easily confused in old records.

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