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David: lovely or awful?

90 replies

DeLasMartinez · 27/09/2020 21:14

I really like David for DS2 right now, and so does DH to my surprise, particularly because it matches perfectly with Samuel (DS1) IMO; the whole story in the bible about him anointing David. So is it lovely and thus we go for it, or is it just my hormones playing up?

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PaulinePetrovaPosey · 27/09/2020 21:16

Lovely and classic.

Every Dave (they are all Daves) that I know are top blokes.

Disfordarkchocolate · 27/09/2020 21:18

Very, very lovely. Great name, one of mine has it as a middle name. Probably would have been a first name but it's the name of a family member.

iamtheoneandonlyyy · 27/09/2020 21:18

Lovely

WisestIsShe · 27/09/2020 21:18

I like it but mainly because I love my little brother Grin
A tiny voice at the back of my mind says "Baby David" from the Royle Family though.

VoyageInTheDark · 27/09/2020 21:20

David is ok but they'll end up being Dave which just seems like a middle aged man down the pub

shimmyshimmycocoapop · 27/09/2020 21:20

Love it. Know David's that range from 5 to 80 years old.

Watto1 · 27/09/2020 21:20

Lovely but I’m biased because DH is a David. DS gets called Baby David - his name is not David but he is the spitting image of his father!

40blah1 · 27/09/2020 21:21

Boring and old fashioned sounding on a baby. Sorry!

But if you love it, go for it.

Fast90 · 27/09/2020 21:21

It’ll undoubtedly be shortened to Dave which is just so middle aged man on a construction site!

CountFosco · 27/09/2020 21:22

Lovely. My Mum was a teacher who said she never taught a bad David.

DCIRozHuntley · 27/09/2020 21:22

I love it and wanted it for DS. DH vetoed for complicated reasons, but not because he didn't like the name itself.

Fast90 · 27/09/2020 21:22

Also, baby David from the Royle family springs to mind. Cringe

daisypond · 27/09/2020 21:23

It’s really nice. Goes very well alongside Samuel. The youngest David I know is 25 and it was unusual then.

micc · 27/09/2020 21:25

I like it, it's a mans name so it might feel a bit grown up. But saying that my DD loves this show on Netflix called Hilda and shes a little girl with a friend called David, and thinking about it I didnt think anything of it. It didnt sound too old for him in the program! Dave will probably be a nn though, which I like but as long as you do too :)

AnnaSW1 · 27/09/2020 21:26

Awful

Invisablewoman · 27/09/2020 21:28

Love it but I'm biased as it's DS1's name. It's classic. He's definitely a David not a Dave though Grin

daiseeedaiseee · 27/09/2020 21:30

lovely!

HowFastIsTooFast · 27/09/2020 21:32

I like it. I've dated a couple of David's and went to school with more and I can't think of a bad one.

AriettyHomily · 27/09/2020 21:34

Like David but hate Dave

LikeSilentRaindrops · 27/09/2020 21:35

I love it and have considered it for DC3, but I would need an absolute guarantee that he would never be Dave before I could use it! Am currently planning it as a middle name to Theodore, as it’s special for both me and DH for family reasons.

icode · 27/09/2020 21:36

David = lovely
Dave = horrible

DramaAlpaca · 27/09/2020 21:36

I love it. The youngest one I know is 21. Really lovely name that's due a revival.

Mollymalone123 · 27/09/2020 21:37

My dad is a David and he has never been called Dave-ever 😂 and he is calm,intelligent and kind

SquigglePigs · 27/09/2020 21:39

I like it. Suits all ages. It was on put boys shortlist. PPs are right though, will almost certainly be shorted to Dave.

Lindy2 · 27/09/2020 21:40

It's a good classic name.

You have the option of David or Davie when he's little but he could choose to use Dave when he's grown up. Dave for a baby or young child doesn't seem quite right.