Once upon a few years ago, some women at my Husband's office insisted on calling him "Davey" all the time, which really ticked him off. He made some sort of general announcement that his name was "DAVID" and now everyone's afraid to call him Dave. He didn't object to 'Dave', just 'Davey' and not by everyone, just these women who were being overly familiar.

How do the rest of you Daves feel about 'Davey'?

I never call my husband 'Davey'. To my mind, thats the exclusive right of his parents and older siblings I call him DAVE. For some weird reason, everyone calls his father SPIKE to his face but when they list him online for some reason, its back to 'Dave' again.

And about the Daffyds - Isnt that just a touch too twee? I knew a guy, an SCA fellow, who changed the spelling of his name from David to Daffyd and people are still snickering behind his back. He wanted to be more 'Celtic'. Ah well. A shame he didn't try for an actual 'celtic' name.