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December 4th, 2008, 06:54 PM
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What do you think of the name Daveigh for a girl? I'm trying to find a way to honor my father if we have a girl.
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December 4th, 2008, 07:13 PM
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I don't like it. Assuming your father's name is David, the feminine form of that is Davina, which I think ages much better, though isn't as trendy- cutesy names seem to be trendy for girls, and Daveigh is definitely cutesy.
I really hate the idea that misspelling a nickname of a male name creates a feminine version of it. It's like saying "let's take a boys' name, mess up the spelling, make it childish and cutesy, and then it's a girl's name."
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December 4th, 2008, 07:31 PM
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I like that you're trying to honor your father, but I don't like Daveigh at all. I'm sorry.
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December 4th, 2008, 07:38 PM
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Hey, don't be sorry! I wanted honest opinions, and that is exactly what I'm getting.
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December 4th, 2008, 09:09 PM
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I dislike it as well. I like honouring his name but would try something out like erica mentioned, with his name incorporated. My oldest's middle name is Danielle after my dad Daniel and my youngest's middle name is Makenna after DH's dad Ken.
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December 4th, 2008, 10:51 PM
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nmsaa. If your dads name is David here are some other female possibilities:
DAVENA f English (Rare)
DAVIDA f English (Rare)
DAVINA f English (British)
DAVINIA f English (Rare)...myfav. out of them all
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December 4th, 2008, 11:17 PM
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I'm not a fan of the name, but I love that you want to honor your father.
What about Davannah or Daviana?
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December 5th, 2008, 07:55 AM
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I don't like it either. What about Davinia? NN Davi? I went to HS with a girl named Davinia.
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December 5th, 2008, 08:23 AM
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Objection!!!
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I'm sorry, but I agree with the other ladies about not liking it. I do though like Davinia nn Davi
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December 5th, 2008, 09:31 AM
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Don't like Daveigh. Love Davina, Davia (DAH vee ah), and Daviana
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December 5th, 2008, 09:35 AM
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I really dislike Daveigh too. I do like Davinia nn Davi though.
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December 5th, 2008, 10:24 AM
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Don't like Daveigh, sorry. Davina would be nicer.
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December 5th, 2008, 10:42 AM
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I like that you're trying to honor your father, but I don't like Daveigh at all. I'm sorry.[/b]
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December 5th, 2008, 01:05 PM
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I love that you want to honor your father by naming your child after him that is so great. But I also am not a fan of it. I really like the suggestion of Davinia though.
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December 5th, 2008, 02:13 PM
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I think Daveigh would be a cute middle name  If I were naming my daughter and wanted a first name after David, I'd probably just do a D name in general (I don't like any of the suggestions above. It's hard to find a Dav___ name that doesn't sound masculine to me)
Danica
Danielle
Diana
Daphne
Good luck!
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December 5th, 2008, 04:22 PM
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I'm sorry, but I agree with the other ladies about not liking it. I do though like Davinia nn Davi[/b]
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^this
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December 5th, 2008, 05:14 PM
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Dont like it..Its great that you are honouring your father but maybe you could use it as a middle name or something.
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December 5th, 2008, 05:28 PM
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Thanks for all the suggestions, ladies! Let's hope I get pregnant with a boy so I don't have to worry about this 
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December 7th, 2008, 01:02 PM
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I agree with the others, I really dislike it. Davina, Davia and Daviana would be much better.
Why not use David as a MN if you have a boy?
David means beloved. Why not use a name that means beloved?
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