Meaning of name Dave

The name Dave has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Dave is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Dave in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Dave is very likely a(n) English variant of the name David. See other suggested English boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name David.

The following names are baby names related to Dave and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Dave: Boys - Adriel, Dathan, Dori, Dov, Dovev, Haskell, Mordecai, Mordechai, Nadav, Nirel, Noam, Solomon, Girls - Alia, Eve, Galilea, Johnna, Mahala, Mahalah, Mozell, Orah, Salome, Sherron, Both genders - Anna, Betty, Mary

The name Dave is a variant of David. Other popular variants of the name David are: Dafydd, Dai, Davan, Dave (English), Daven, Davey, Davi, Davidde, Davide, Davidson, Davie, Daviel, Davis, Davon, Davy (English), Davyd, Davydd, Dewey (Welsh)

We think the name Dave should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Dave to be: A dependable and good-looking person

In one word, you might describe Dave as a(n) "dependable" person.

See other "dependable" names for boys.