Dave, David

[tree123]

Is the name "Dave" short for "David"?

 

[Yankee]

Yes. Referred to as a nickname.

 

[SoothingDave]

Affirmative.

 

[Rover_KE]

It's a contraction of David.

 

[SoothingDave]

"Diminutive," I'd call it.

 

[jutfrank]

"Diminutive," I'd call it.

Yes, me too.

It's not a contraction. A contraction might be Da'd (even though nobody would do that.)

 

[Yankee]

I wouldn't say it was a nickname.

From The Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary (and similar definitions from other sources): Nickname-“an informal name for someone or sometimes something, used esp. to show affection, and often based on the person's name”
From a search engine: ”David Nicknames- Davy, Davey, Dave.”

 

[jutfrank]

From The Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary (and similar definitions from other sources): Nickname-“an informal name for someone or sometimes something, used esp. to show affection, and often based on the person's name”

This is not suggesting that Dave is a nickname, though. I'd think of a nickname based on Dave as something like Dave the Rave or Wavy Davy or Dangerous Dave or Davy Boy.

From a search engine: ”David Nicknames- Davy, Davey, Dave.”

I'm not sure a search engine is a great authority on this.

 

[Yankee]

This is not suggesting that Dave is a nickname, though. I'd think of a nickname based on Dave as something like Dave the Rave or Wavy Davy or Dangerous Dave or Davy Boy.




I'm not sure a search engine is a great authority on this.

It's not the search engine itself. It's the result(s) and source of the response. I found several authoritative sources with precisely the same results.