Name

Name DAVE

Between 1880 and 2019 there were 67,726 births of Dave in the countries below, which represents an average of 487 births of children bearing the first name Dave per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 151 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Dave
In Italiano

Nome Dave

Information about the first name Dave

We celebrate Dave on December 29th

The first name Dave has been assigned to:

99.97% to boys
0.03% to girls

The country where the first name Dave is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Dave

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Dave : Aved, Deva, Devâ, Déva, Edva, Veda, Věda

Dave in Japanese ^*

Romaji	deibu
Katakana	デーブ
Hiragana	でーぶ
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Dave in sign language

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Dave in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Dave

English

Etymology

From Middle English deven, deaven (“to make deaf”), from Old English dēafian (“to wax or become deaf”) and Old Norse deyfa (“to make deaf, make blunt, numb, soothe, allay”). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian døyva (“to deafen, make dull”).

Alternative forms

daive, deave, deve

Anagrams

E.D. Va., Veda, deva, vade

Anagrams

E.D. Va., Veda, deva, vade

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /deɪv/

Verb

dave (third-person singular simple present daves, present participle daving, simple past and past participle daved)
(transitive, Britain dialectal) To assuage; soften; mitigate; relieve; calm; alleviate (pain).

Proper noun (Related terms)

Davey
Davie
Dwivedi

Czech

Noun

dave m
vocative singular of dav

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ˈdavɛ]

Popularity of the name Dave

Number of DAVE births per year

Popularity of the name Dave

Total births of Dave by country

		Births with the first name Dave
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 1880 - 2019	59,854 5
	Quebec 1980 - 2019	4,696 14
	France 1900 - 2019	1,130 0
	Ontario 1913 - 2018	516 0
	Netherlands 2015 - 2019	291 0
	Switzerland 1912 - 2019	272 0
	Brazil 1930 - 2010	240 0
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2019	185 0
	Belgium 1995 - 2019	118 0
	Italy 1999 - 2018	82 1
	British Columbia 1919 - 2019	71 0
	Alberta 1980 - 2019	66 0
	Austria 1984 - 2018	48 0
	Germany 2000 - 2018	47 0
	Ireland 1964 - 2019	35 0
	Denmark 1985 - 2019	21 0
	Australia 1944 - 2019	10 0
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	9 0
	Czechoslovakia 1900 - 2016	5 0
	Sweden 1998 - 2019	5 0
	Poland 2000 - 2019	3 0
	Portugal 2014 - 2019	2 0

Popularity of the name Dave

Total births of Dave by country (last available year)

		Births with the first name Dave
Country		Boys Girls
	Netherlands 2019	58 0
	United State of America 2019	32 0
	France 2019	19 0
	United Kingdom 2019	12 0
	Brazil 2010	10 0
	Quebec 2019	6 0
	Italy 2018	5 0
	Germany 2018	4 0
	Austria 2018	3 0
	Alberta 2019	2 0

Comments on the name Dave

Personalities with the first name Dave

There are 257 personalities with the first name Dave

Dave Brubeck

United states of america
Composer Pianist Songwriter Bandleader Music arranger Jazz musician

Phoenix

United states of america
Composer Bassist Musician

Dave Chappelle (David Khari Webber Chappelle)

United states of america
Screenwriter Comedian Journalist Street artist Film producer Television actor Film actor

Dave Lombardo

United states of america Cuba
Drummer Musician

Dave Navarro

United states of america
Screenwriter Singer Guitarist Model Blogger

Dave Benton

Estonia
Singer Musician

Dave Barry

United states of america
Children's writer Novelist Satirist Humorist Actor Writer Columnist Journalist Film producer

Dave Cowens

United states of america
Basketball player Basketball coach

Dave Eggers

United states of america
Screenwriter Writer Editor Journalist Novelist Science fiction writer

Dave Bing

United states of america
Businessperson Politician Basketball player

There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Dave
Full list of personalities with the first name Dave

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Dave

There are 4012 actors and actresses with the first name Dave

Dave Jia

Dave Days

Dave White

Dave Fitzgerald

Dave Trosko

Dave Lambourn

Dave Forstner

Dave Walpole

Dave Jackson

Dave Franco

Dave Sarrafian

Dave Singleton

Dave Moffatt

Dave Bullis

Dave Dittell

Dave Bignell

Dave Richardson

Dave Horwitz

Dave Kroiter

Dave Larochelle

Dave Haywood

Dave Bridges

Dave Martyn

Dave Tessier

Dave Ehrman

Dave Mcgrath

Dave Mantel

Dave Gray

Dave Baksh

Dave Beaudrie

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Dave
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Dave

Rankings of first name DAVE by country

Country ranking (boys)
Rank	Country	Year
#274	Netherlands	2019
#648	Quebec	2019
#1173	Austria	2018
#1335	Germany	2018
#1703	France	2019
#1724	Italy	2018
#1973	United Kingdom	2019
#1980	Alberta	2019
#1995	United State of America	2019
#4755	Brazil	2010