| ![Show Contents]() Daviss History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of DavissWhat does the name Daviss mean? The Daviss surname has been found in Ireland in various 16th century records, in various parts of the country. Generally, the name and its bearers came from Britain: some may have come with the 12th century Norman invasions, most came much later in the 17th century Plantation of Ulster, when the British crown offered an opportunity for settlers to obtain land in exchange for pledging to remain protestant. Those who immigrated to Ireland were granted lands previously owned by the native Catholic Irish. However, the name has also been used as an Anglicized form of some Gaelic Irish names: in County Wexford, some of the MacDavids, a branch of the MacMurroughs took on the name Davis; some of the Gaelic Davin, have taken on the Davis name. It is derived from the personal name David, which means "darling" or "friend." Early Origins of the Daviss familyThe surname Daviss was first found in England and Scotland from the 12th century onward, but was particularly popular in Wales even earlier. One of the most famous bearers of this personal name in Wales was David ap Gryffydd, the last Prince of North Wales, who was executed c. 1276 by King Edward I of England. The suffix "is" or "ies" of the surname has often changed from father to son and has no modern significance. Davis comes from beautiful Wales, the mountainous land of the ancient Britons. Early History of the Daviss familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Daviss research. Another 230 words (16 lines of text) covering the years 1073, 1550, 1600, 1605, 1667, 1672, 1723, 1739, 1761, 1808 and 1889 are included under the topic Early Daviss History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Daviss Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Davis, Davies, Davis, Divis and others. Early Notables of the Daviss familyAnother 38 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Daviss Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Daviss migration to the United States | + |
Daviss Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- John Daviss, aged 60, who arrived in Georgia in 1813 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Daviss (post 1700) | + |
- Larkin Daviss, American Democratic Party politician, Postmaster at Bel Air, Maryland, 1841-42 2
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 11) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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