Davey

name

name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the male given name David.

    "Worse, if your name is Dave, the only possible nickname is "Davey", which makes you sound like you should be wearing a coonskin cap."

  2. 2
    A surname originating as a patronymic derived from David.
  3. 3
    A village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.

Example

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"He plays Davey Jones whose appearance on screen is altered through computer imagery to give him a lobster's claw for a hand and a face squirming with tentacles."

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