Dave

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Dave is a common masculine given name, often a shortened form of David, used widely in English-speaking countries.


Statements (24)
Predicate Object
instanceOf given name
masculine given name
canBeLegalName true
culturalUsage Anglophone cultures
etymologicallyDerivedFrom Hebrew name David
genderAssociation male
hasFullForm David
hasGender masculine
hasNameDayInSomeTraditions same as David
hasVariant Davey
Davy
isDiminutiveOf David
isInformalFormOf David
isSpelled D-a-v-e
languageOfUse English
nameCategory hypocorism
nameLengthInLetters 4
nameType first name
forename
popularityType common name
shortFormOf David
typicalUsageContext informal
usedIn English-speaking countries
writingSystem Latin script


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