David: lovely or awful?

[DeLasMartinez]

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?

I like it... but not with a brother named Samuel.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_&_Dave

Sorry 🙁

I have a nephew David. Never been called Dave. He is David or Dee.

Definitely due a comeback. Davey is a cute nn.

I have a grown up David and oddly enough pre the Royles I used to sign cards... baby David,. I also have an Andrew with the intention of shortening it to Andy. It never occurred to me that family names should match as a poster on here mentioned.

My brother has always been David not Dave and he's 34. It's a good classic solid name.

I like innocuous classic names. Also like the bible stories of David. It's also good to think that if he has an international career, everyone can pronounce it. Not the case with Richard for example, which Asian languages struggle with.

David is beautiful

Ds is 19, he has two close friends called David. One is Dave, the other is David.

I like it but it's ruined as my ex is David, abusive wanker that he was, nothing to do with his name though, he'd have been an abusive wanker no matter what his name was.

Ooo sorry, ignore my little rant there. Lol

I love it but I hate the abbreviation!

I'm afraid am not that keen. But all names are to di with associations and it feels good for you 👌🙂

I like it. Couple of David's at school with my boys so not unpopular.

Samuel anointing his brother David in the Bible? How on earth is this a good thing? But like the other PP say, if you like it, it's your choice

I really like it.

David - yes
Dave - no

You will be fighting that uphill battle for the next 18 years

Been married to and engaged to a David (but I knew him as another name).

Both were violent and sexually abused me. So don't like the name personally. Still they could've been called Fred for all that matters

However, the names do go together. And I like your reasoning. In a Delderfield novel David Powlet-Jones was called Davy as another version of David. You can't really say until you meet them. Or even Davie.

I knew an Emma. Never shortened until her personality emerged and in an instant she was Emmy - her spelling, think I'd have used Emmie.

I have a name that no-one can spell, no-one has heard of, and not even sure if it's visible on 192.com as I left the UK over 10 years ago. There was only 1 other, she's no longer there but would probably be in her late 70s.

So, after going all round the houses, it works on all levels. Go for it.

DH is David, not Dave. It’s also DS’ middle name.

It's okay but It sounds like a middle aged man, I can't really imagine it on a small child.

I like David but while people are saying Dave isn’t inevitable, to be honest it is once adolescence and adulthood sets in. You have control over it as a child but not beyond that.

I have similar with the girls name Rosalind, which I think is lovely, but I really hate Roz.

Classic. Love it. I'm not mad about Dave but Davey is cute. Could always shorten it to Day or Dai.

It's a good solid name. Though if part of your reason for liking it is the biblical stories, they're not all positive if you remember the fate of Uriah the Hittite.

Neither lovely nor awful, IMO. It's very classic and neutral.

My dear old late dad was David but was and is referred to as Davie. Maybe it being said with Scottish tone softened it.

It's an underused classic due a revival.

Lovely.

It’s a family name for us, and none of our Davids (grandfather, father cousin) has ever been a Dave.