Everybody knows a Dave…

[NowNumber5]

…right?!

How many do you know?
DH is a Dave (born early 70s), and in our circles, there are —5– 6 others we can think of.

But we don’t know of any child Daves, or baby Daves!
We know one who is in his early 20s.

Are there any little Daves in your neck of the woods?

What is your opinion on the name David - (rightfully!) a dying breed, or due a revival?
What are the Daves in your lives like? Top bloke or annoying git?
DH constantly sways from one to the other!

[NowNumber5]

*Uh-oh strikethrough fail! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[spotcheck]

Dave is a solid bloke.
Dave/Davy needs a comeback

[Cakequeen1988]

Dave’s are great in my life, I know about 4 and they are all lovely kind men

[Indoctro]

Don't know any children

David is a nice traditional name, I hope it makes a come back

[Phillipa12]

My best friends husband is a Dave. He is ace. Everybody needs a Dave, well that's what we all reckon!

[DollyP23]

I don't know any children called Dave but I know two primary aged Davids and one Davy

[cultkid]

I'm married to a Dave who was born in 1986 but I call him David

Everyone else calls him Dave

[dementedma]

I would like to see a revival of names like David, John, Andrew etc. Most of the adults I know have these names, along with Mark, Paul, Peter, Simon,Ian ....

[Lulu1919]

I know a few ....my father is 73 Year Old David
My husbands middle name ...he's 55
Others I know are around the 50-60 age group

[mdinbc]

Dave/David seems like a solid type of name. I know two, both dress well.

[MolkosTeenageAngst]

I know of two teenagers called David, neither are ever known as Dave though.

[Kanaloa]

I know lots of adult Davids and my daughter has one little friend (primary school age) named David. He is Polish though and I’ve noticed lots of Polish children I’ve looked after have more old fashioned/traditional names - Wiktoria/Victoria, Nicole/Nicola, Michael, names like that. I think they’re all well due a proper comeback to be honest! Also met a small boy named John last week which I thought was lovely and really suited him.

[RobinPenguins]

All the adult male members of DH’s family seem to be called Dave, so there are a lot of little ones with David as a middle name. Don’t know any children with David as a first name though. Maybe those names will be the next wave of names as they become old enough to be brought back.

[Blurp]

I know a few primary school aged Davids. None of them are called Dave or Davy, though. I think David is a lovely name.

[drpet49]

I absolutely hate the name David/ Dave. Worst name ever

[OnlyFoolsnMothers]

I’m expecting the 70s names to make a revival around my future grandchildren’s era- roll in granddaughter Sharon and Grandson Dave or Gary

But nope I know of none younger than mid 40s- prob heavily used as a middle name though

[parrotonmyshoulder]

I know a 9 and a 3 year old David.

[EIIa]

The only Dave I ever knew was a charismatic Irish wastrel ❤️❤️

[AuntieStella]

I know one David, who was in my youngest DC's class, never called Dave or Davy AFAIK.

And yes, seemed an unusual name, as the all others I know must be 30 age gap from that.

I like it

[lollipoprainbow]

My brother is Dave, my uncle is Dave my two cousins are Dave and my daughters dad is David so yes we definitely know a Dave !!!!!!!

[RhubarbFairy]

DS1 is 10 and has a David in his class.

I know lots of Dave's/David's around my age (born in '82).

[NowNumber5]

Sorry, I should have made it clearer. We don’t know any children or baby Daves or Davids.

It is a name which features quite prominently in my own life - obviously married to one now.
One of my best friends (known each other since I was 15, and then dated for a couple of years) is a David/Dave.

DC3 who is in primary has a friend called John.

[GetTheGoodLookingGuy]

I don't know any children called Dave, but at the school I work at we have lots of Polish/Romanian/Russian children called David - 4 I can think of without thinking. Similarly Stephen, Julia, Nicola etc. Maria is also very popular because it works in a lot of different languages - one of our classes has 3 Maria's in it and I think they're all different nationalities.

[SquigglePigs]

I know a few. Youngest is mid-30's. David was on our short list of boys names though.

[FluffyPinkSocks]

My 6 year old ds is David but we call him Dave, don’t know any other young ones but plenty of older ones.