Davy
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A pet form of David that carries the warm meaning “beloved.”
Meaning
Davy is a familiar English form of David, ultimately from the Hebrew name meaning “beloved.” In the cited 19th-century name books, it is treated as an English/Hebrew name and tied to the same beloved sense as David and related Welsh forms.
Origin
HebrewEnglishmasculine
Fun fact
In the Welsh tradition, forms of David became so common that surnames like Davies developed from them.