Davey
Davey [ ˈdeɪvi ] is an English personal name.
It is a short or nickname of the given name David and preserves a Frenchizing writing convention from Middle English . Other forms are Davy and - especially in Scotland - Davie . Like many other first names, it has also been used as a family name; the oldest document dates back to 1198.
Name bearer
First name
- Davey Armstrong (born 1955), American boxer
- Davey Arthur (born 1954), Irish musician
- Davey Barr (* 1977), Canadian skier
- Davey von Bohlen (* 1975), American musician
- Davey Graham (1940-2008), British musician
- Davey Hamilton (* 1962), American racing driver
- Davey Havok (* 1975), American musician
- Davey Johnstone (born 1951), British guitarist
- Davey Lee (1925-2008), American actor
- Davey Moore (Boxer, 1933) ( David Schultz Moore ; 1933–1963), American boxer
- Davey Moore (Boxer, 1959) (1959–1988), American boxer
- Davey O'Brien (1917–1977) American football player
- Davey Richards (born 1983), American wrestler
- Davey Boy Smith, known as The British Bulldog (1962–2002), British wrestler
- Davey Williams (1952–2019), American musician and author
family name
- Allen M. Davey (1894-1946), American cinematographer
- Bruce Davey , Australian film producer
- Charlie Davey (1887–1964), British racing cyclist
- Damian Davey (1964-2017), British actor and singer
- Edward Davey (born 1965), British politician
- Frank Davey (* 1940), Canadian poet, writer and university lecturer
- Gerry Davey ( John Gerald Davey; 1914–1977), British ice hockey player and referee
- Horace Davey, Baron Davey (1833–1907), British lawyer and politician
- John Davey (athlete) (born 1928), Australian long-distance runner
- John Davey (swimmer) (born 1964), British swimmer
- Mark Robert Davey (* 1968), British photographer
- Mark Wing-Davey (born 1948), British actor and director
- Martin Davey (1884–1946), American politician
- Moyra Davey (* 1958), Canadian photographer, video artist and author
- Richard Davey (1799-1884), British politician
- Robert C. Davey (1853–1908), American politician
- Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick (* 1998), American actor
- Shaun Davey (born 1948), Irish composer
- Thomas Davey (1758–1823), British officer, lieutenant governor of Tasmania
- Tim Lee-Davey (* 1955), British racing car driver and racing team owner
Place name
See also
- Davey Nunatakker , Group of Seven Nunatakkers Princess Elisabeth Land, Antarctica
- Davey Peak , mountain in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
- Davey Point , headland of King George Island in the Archipelago of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Individual evidence
- ^ PH Reaney and RM Wilson: A Dictionary of English Last Names . 3rd revised edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York 1997. pp. 127-128, sv Davey, Davie, Davy .