Hi Daves and non-Daves!

Here's some etymology for the name Dave from various books I have on on names:

origin: Hebrew {Dodavehu}
meaning: Darling or Beloved [of God]

"Dave" in some other languages:
Davide-French
Davidde-Italian
Davyd- Russian & Ukranian
Daveed-Russian
Davi-Portuguese
Dawid-Polish & Yiddish
Dewey, Dovydas- Lithuanian {Dewey also Welsh]
Daoud- Arabic
Daudi-KiSwahili
Daibidh-Scotch
Davidek-Czech

Also, Delvin is an Irish form of David

And Davon is an English form of David which serves as the basis for a host of very popular contemporary African American male names such as Davonte & Davontay {day-VOHN-tay}..The nickname for this male name is Day Day..

Dai & Taffy and Welsh nicknames for David
Davy, Davie, Dave are English nicknames for David

The surname Davis means "son of David" {son of the beloved one};
Davidson does too..and Dawson is another form of Davis..

And so on and so on..