Davey

Where Davey comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Davey.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Davey through the years
  1. 1924
    Davey Lee born
    American actor
  2. 1925
    First appearance
    #4,197 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1929
    Peak, #655
    89 babies named Davey, its best rank.
  4. 1932
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,356.
  5. 1975
    Davey Havok born
    American singer
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name David.
Namesakes
  • Davey Havok · American singer, born 1975
  • Davey Lee · American actor, 1924–2008
  • Davey Allison · American racecar driver, 1961–1993
  • Davey O'Brien · American football player, 1917–1977
  • Davey Hamilton · American racing driver, born 1962

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.