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The davy Surname

davy Name Meaning and History

  1. English and Irish: from the personal name Davy, a medieval French vernacular form of the Biblical name David which became common in England in the Middle Ages.
  2. Scottish: variant spelling of Davie 1.
  3. French: variant of David.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of davy Families in the US in 1920
Number of davy families
 40-78
 14-39
 1-13
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