dave

A diminutive of the male given name David, also used as a formal given name.

David, with its final "d", sounds finished and complete, whereas Dave just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely. - - - Worse, if your name is Dave, the only possible nickname is "Davey", which makes you sound like you should be wearing a coonskin cap.

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said he would send two customers to tour a former Nazi concentration camp after they allegedly engaged in antisemitic behavior at a Barstool pub in Philadelphia, then later retracted that offer for at least one of them because he said the person was denying responsibility for what happened.

A surname from Gujarati from Gujarati દવે (dave, “(one who has studied) two Vedas”).

A female given name.

To assuage; soften; mitigate; relieve; calm; alleviate (pain).