Dave

Where Dave comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Dave.

  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Dave through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #102 among boys, with 131 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1881
    Peak, #95
    135 babies named Dave, its best rank.
  3. 1969
    Dave Grohl born
    American rock musician
  4. 1977
    Dave Farrell born
    American bassist
  5. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,145.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name David, also used as a formal given name.
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Dave Grohl · American rock musician, born 1969
  • Dave Farrell · American bassist, born 1977
  • Dave Benton · Aruban-Estonian musician, born 1951
  • Dave Eggers · American writer, editor, and publisher, born 1970
  • Dave Cowens · American basketball player and coach, born 1948

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.