Davy for a girl???

[mommyinthemiddle]

We are expecting DC3 in May and seriously stuck on girls names.

Boys names we have narrowed down to 3
Zachary
Liam
Saul
With Davey as the middle name.

For a girl we are stuck and then i thought of Davy or Davi either with or without -Jane.
Reasons behind the name are that my Grandad passed away last June and his name was David. He use to refer to himself in the past as Davey and this is how i remmeber him. I would really like to include him somewhere in the name.
We already have two girls and both there names are connected to others in the family ie, great nan and great great nan and great grandmas.
DH is very unsure of Davi/Davy-jane for a girl, but the more i say it the more i like it. So what does the world of MN think?

Oh I like the sound of Davy for a girl, just wouldn't be brave enough to go for it myself!
x

I think Davina shortened to Davy/Davey would be the perfect solution

yes i agree ,much better

Sorry, but I really don't like Davy-Jane and my first thought is that rhymes with gravy train... Dunno why that springs to mind or whether I'm the only one?

I do like the idea of just Davy for a girl (I think) but (in my weird head again) I would pronounce Davi differently (long aaaaa).

Like the Davina and nickname idea tho.

I think it's good for a middle name only. I mnetioned on another post I think unusual names are especially nice with two other more traditional names.

Eg Charlotte Emily Davey Smith.

thanks, after a long debate we have decided to use as a middle name with Alayna as first name. Will probably be a boy anyways now.

My parents are both big David Bowie fans and if I'd been born 29 minutes later, it'd have been his birthday and they would have called me Davey, regardless if I was a boy or girl. Thank god I came out when I did, is all I will say. I really cannot imagine introducing myself as 'dave'.
I do know a female called Stevie, so maybe Davey isn't too bad but I'm pleased it isn't my name. Sorry

No to Davey.

Is the new first name said Alana?

Fimbo- will be pronounced A-lane-na

Davy-Jane is really not good. It sounds like an American hooker. (Sorry!)

Also, if you've got one daughter with a hyphenated name, I think it would be quite odd to give your other dd a hyphenated name too.

Sorry - just seen that you've decided on Alayna.

Much better.

littlefish- might be quite apt as we are moving stateside shortly after babe is born

What about Daria?

Davida/Davita are female versions of David...(with a short sounding "a" and the emphasise on the VI so it would sound like DaVIta not Daaavita).

Davina, Davine, Davida, Davita, etc - great girl's names.

Davy-Jane sounds like Davy Jones, as in Davy Jones' locker... from Pirates of the Carribean. She won't thank you for it!

I think it flows quite well, reminds me of daisy-jane etc

Can't get gravy train out of my head now, thanks Boud..

Got to be a middle name - too boyish imo

I quite like it as a middle name.

But would she appreciate it growing up?

My aunt was given the middle name 'Neville' after a family member and she hated it and was teased about it, too.

I've known a few female Davys and one Davy-Ann, all of them had an Indian connection though. I think it means goddess or similar in an Indian dialect.