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See also: dave, davė, and davę

Dave

A diminutive of the male given name David.
- 1994 Caroline Knapp, The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays, Counterpoint Press 2004, ISBN 1582433135, page 169, 170:
  David, with its final "d", sounds finished and complete, whereas Dave just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely. - - - Worse, if your name is Dave, the only possible nickname is "Davey", which makes you sound like you should be wearing a coonskin cap.
A male or female given name

See also: Dave, davė, and davę

dave ‎(third-person singular simple present daves, present participle daving, simple past and past participle daved)