| ![Show Contents]() Dave History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Early Origins of the Dave familyThe surname Dave was first found in Savoy (French: Savoie) in the Rhône-Alpes region of the French Alps. Early History of the Dave familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dave research. Another 41 words (3 lines of text) covering the years 1359, 1495, 1552, 1600, 1665, 1688, 1700, 1742, 1767, 1770, 1793, 1810, 1813, 1821, 1830, 1853, 1854 and 1874 are included under the topic Early Dave History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Dave Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Daviau, Daviault, Davin, Davion, Daviot, Davis, David, Davy, Daviaud, Davion, Davioud, Davidou, Davin, Davinet, Davinroy, Davet, Davier, Daviel and many more. Early Notables of the Dave familyCharles David, an architect in Beauvais in 1552; another Charles David was an artist and engraver in Paris en 1600; Louis Edme Davier, born in 1665 in Joigny, was a lawyer at the Parisian Parliament in 1688. Jacques Daviel was a surgeon and was mainly interested in ocular methods, for which he became famous. In 1700 he was named ocular surgeon to King Louis XV. Pierre-Felix-Barthelemy David was Governor of Senegal in 1742; Jacques-Louis David was a very famous painter in Paris in 1770; Jean-Antoine David was a general in Arbois in 1767 and in 1793 was named lieutenant; Eugene-Joseph Daviers...
Another 109 words (8 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Dave Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Dave Rankingthe United States, the name Dave is the 18,269th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
| Dave migration to the United States | + |
Dave Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Roger Dave, who landed in Maryland in 1668 2
Dave Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- James Dave, who arrived in Virginia in 1787 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Dave (post 1700) | + |
- Laura Dave (b. 1977), American novelist, born in New York City, best known for her New York Times Bestseller, The Last Thing He Told Me
- Kamelsh N. Dave, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 2008
- Anil Madhav Dave (1956-2017), Indian politician, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (2016-2017)
- Ian Dave Hayles (b. 1972), Jamaican politician with the People's National Party
- Dave Baker, American researcher with the University of Washington who used computational methods to create bespoke proteins for a range of applications, co-recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Dave L. Tandy, American co-founder of Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company in 1919, which later became Tandy Corporation, a family-owned leather goods company who owned Radio Shack from 1963-2000
- Dave Ball (1959-2025), British musician, known as one half of the English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, best known for their 1981 hit “Tainted Love"
- Dave Eggar (b. 1977), American cellist, pianist and composer
- Dave Ridings (b. 1970), English football midfielder
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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