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?

Just use David, and give THe Look to anyone who shortens it. I know many adult Davids, no Daves

I think David is great but Dave is not. I have known a gazillion, and some are David and some are Dave and some are Davey and one was Dav, so I don’t think a nn of Dave is inevitable (thank goodness, Dave is perfectly fine for a middle aged man but not for a baby)!

David is lovely but Dave sounds like a 40+ year old man.

David is in the same family as Martin, Graham, Paul etc. David is a 50-60 year old mans name.

Dated, but too soon for a comeback.

My dad is David, always called Dave. My son has David as his middle name.

Love the name David. Also for his age group it will be quite unusual.

We have a David in my preschool and no one calls him Dave. If others do, just correct them! Gorgeous name

It would have been our boy name. But we only had girls.

You can have it if you like! I'm past baby producing now

My brother is called David and he's in his mid forties but I've never really liked it. It is really dated and much too soon for a comeback. I would put it in the same league as Martin and Stephen.

Awful

I LOVE it. Wanted it for one of my DS but DH didn't like Dave so we have used as a middle name.

Neither awful or lovely. David is ok but is RUINED by the nickname Dave. I don't know any David (and I know quite a few) who is not called Dave by somebody!

It's quite a popular name for little boys from European families living in the UK - it's not as rare for little ones as some might assume. Depends where you live I suppose.

I know several Davids aged from 20s to about 60s and none of them shorten their name.

It's neither, imo