Definitions for Davies
ˈdeɪ vizdavies

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1. Daviesnoun

   derived from the given name Davy/Davey/Davie or David.

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1. Davies

   Davies is a patronymic surname of Welsh origin. There are two main theories concerning its beginnings, neither of which has been definitively proven. The first theory states that it may be a corruption of "Dyfed", the name of a medieval Welsh kingdom located in what is now Carmarthenshire; however, the origin of the kingdom's name is itself disputed, with the traditional belief being that it was founded by the powerful Irish Déisi dynasty in the third century, or otherwise that it derives from the name of the Demetae people. "Dyfed" as a surname and the related first name "Dafydd" appear from the 12th century, with the latter generally translated into English as "David". The second theory contends that the surname may derive directly from the Hebrew name "David", which is also the name of Wales' patron saint.The surname is the joint-second most common in Wales (tied with Williams) and the eighth most common in England, where a large percentage of people have Welsh ancestry. It is particularly widespread in southwest England, especially Cornwall, and in northwest England, large parts of which are on the border with Wales. It is uncommon in the United States, where the variant "Davis" is seen more. In the United Kingdom, the surname is usually pronounced the same as "Davis" (DAY-vis). This pronunciation is also used by many other English-speaking countries, though it sometimes competes with DAY-veez, which is particularly common in the United States to distinguish it from "Davis".

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1. Davies

   Davies is a crater on Mars located at 46°N 0°E on the fringe of Acidalia Planitia near Arabia Terra. It is approximately 49 km in diameter. It was named in honor of Merton Davies, a pioneer in the cartography of planetary bodies. An employee of the Rand Corporation, he assisted NASA in mapping Mars with colleagues Gérard de Vaucouleurs and Harold Masursky and defined the prime meridian of Mars as passing through the crater Airy-0. Davies lies on the prime meridian, appropriate because Davies was principally responsible for its delineation. ⁕ Davies Crater, as seen by MTO's CTX.

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1. DAVIES

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Davies is ranked #1030 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Davies surname appeared 33,753 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 11 would have the surname Davies.
   
   88.7% or 29,963 total occurrences were White.
   6.3% or 2,143 total occurrences were Black.
   2.2% or 749 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 550 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 257 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.2% or 91 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Davies' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4305

Anagrams for Davies »

1. advise

2. avised

How to pronounce Davies?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Davies in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Davies in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Davies in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Davies in a Sentence

1. Charlie Martin:

   When you have respected voices in sport like Sharon Davies and Martina Navratilova sounding off and shooting from the hip, when actually they're not familiar with the research, it's incredibly damaging, it creates a very toxic environment for the trans community.

2. John Stewart:

   There are many big beasts in the cabinet who are utterly opposed to Heathrow and the government may ask itself is Heathrow politically deliverable even if Davies recommends it.

3. Prime Minister Theresa May:

   On Heathrow, the position has not changed, obviously the Howard Davies review work was done, some further work is being done in relation to the question of air quality around the various proposals that were put forward, and the cabinet and government will be taking a decision on this in the proper way in due course.

4. Laura Davies:

   There’s room for the likes of Laura Davies and Juli Inkster and a few of the other old girls to show what we can still do because we all hit it well, it’s just the short game separates the top players from the ones that are just struggling a little bit sometimes.

5. Tom Papworth:

   If Davies opts for Gatwick, the Conservatives pop the champagne corks and come out and announce that Gatwick will expand tomorrow.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Davies
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davies
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Davies
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html