Everyone knows a Dave

[DebbieTheCat]

True for you?

I know 5 😄

You'd think so, wouldn't you, but, a few years ago, when we were out one weekend and bumped into a colleague of mine called "Dave" my DC were really surprised as they'd never come across someone with that name before and thought it was a really odd name.

My ex boss was Dave.

I know an elderly David.

It was easy in the 80s. I had horrible face blindness which could have been a problem when I started work but all my colleagues were called John or Steve apart from Mike who was easy to identify as he always wore fair isle tank tops.

Two uncles, two cousins, H's cousin, father's best man, H's best man. Primary classmate. Erstwhile employer. First vicar. Fellow choir member when I was a teenager. Fellow choir member now. Former PCC colleague. Ex-neighbour. 3 doors down neighbour.

Can't think of one under 30...

My dad was David and my son's friend's little brother (born around 2014) was David. But I don't know any shortened to Dave. Quite a lot of Paddy's and Steve's though😆

So many. I’ve totted up 5 Daves, and 6 Davids. I’m related to several of them. All over 40. My sons (early 20s) don’t have one David between them in their friends.

My childhood best friend was called David. Never called Dave though. We met at playgroup aged three and were pretty much inseperable until we we got to about fourteen and other influences took over. We sat next to each other in class and both our sets of parents were quite bemused. I even had a big soft bodied baby doll, dressed in pink that I called David which my grandad found hilarious.

It was like the Pulp song. "Disco 2000"

"Your name was Deborah,
It never suited ya...

...and they said that when we grew up,
We'd get married and never split up..."

His house wasn't all that small but it did have woodchip on the wall.

I know at least 4 very well.

It was the most popular name in my large workplace a few years back. Probably still is, although they’re ageing off a bit and being replaced by Bens and Toms. Plus an awful lot of non-Davids seem to have it for a middle name.

I work with 5. In our family 2.

This also works with Steve.

Everyone knows a Steve.

Only one Dave

lots of David’s though

Yep, Dave, Steve, Mike , Andy, Chris and Nick. I think they're all 50+ though.
I've only ever taught one David in the 15 years I've been teaching.
But there's been at least one Alex in every single class!

When I was at university (80s) I had a boyfriend called Dave, his best friend was Dave and two of my flatmates also Dave. Separately they all told me that they thought my mum sounded lovely and friendly because whenever one of them answered the phone she’d say ‘oo, hello Dave, is Murdo there?’

Later went on to marry a Dave (a different one).

I’d love to meet a baby called Dave, would be startling and hilarious.

Yes but we call him Rodney

Yes lots, friends & family members too Dave, Davy, David

I actually only know one Dave. He's in his sixties now.

I did have a friend called Dave once, he moved away and I lost contact, he also has the UK's most common surname so I'll never find him on FB.

Brilliant 😆

I reckon I know at least a couple of dozen Daves.
They get everywhere.

7 off the top of my head!

DH is one, another is a friend/neighbour, a cousin, another cousin on DH's side, my good friend's DP, our lovely handyman, an old friend of XH...

All are middle aged and 5 of them are known as Dave, 2 as David.

Then again, my name is SO common, I had 17 others in my phone at one point including clients! Boring.

I know 5 Daves.

2 in my street, 1 cousin and loads of others!
I don't mind the name, it's easy to do it in a comedy voice (in my head) "Daaaaaaaaaaave" etc...

Agree with the post where you have to add a description like "Bristol Dave" or "Dave and Laura Dave" so people know which one you mean.

I actually don’t think I do! DavID but no one who goes by ‘Dave’.

Going off an a tangent, it's funny how different names become fashionable in different countries at different times. I remember being quite surprised when my French friend called her daughter Pauline twenty years ago.

Just lately, I've come across two other young Paulines. One was the woman who processed my carte de séjour in 2021, the other is my conseiller at the bank.

I also know two young French Kevins. All mid twenties.