Davy

Where Davy comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Davy.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Davy through the years
  1. 1786
    Davy Crockett born
    American frontiersman and politician
  2. 1917
    First appearance
    #3,981 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1955
    Peak, #525
    195 babies named Davy, the most in any year.
  4. 1956
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #770.
  5. 1993
    Davy Klaassen born
    Dutch association football player
  6. 2025
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name David.
Namesakes
  • Davy Crockett · American frontiersman and politician, 1786–1836
  • Davy Klaassen · Dutch association football player, born 1993
  • Davy Pröpper · Dutch association football player, born 1991
  • Davy Roef · Belgian association football player, born 1994
  • Davy Arnaud · American soccer player and coach, born 1980

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.