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David is such a solid, masculine classic. And all the Davids I've known have been good guys. I should know, I'm married to one, and my brother is also David.

Its starting to grow on me...(thanks to David Beckham). I dont think it will ever reach my top ten but I've come a long way since I used to hate it.

It's been growing on me a lot lately. It's a lot like John to me: simple, strong, trustworthy, and overlooked. I have never yet found the perfect middle name for my favorite boys name, Elijah, but David is in the running at this point. And personally, I like the biblical reference of him being a wise ruler, a mighty warrior, a prolific poet and composer, and a "man after God's own heart."

I love the name David, but I hate Dave.

I like it - strong and masculine. But it's rather common and I dislike its nicknames.

It's a great name--strong and classic but not boring.

He goes by Dave. For this reason, I wouldn't use it,

I love it [m]

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It's a family name, and an awesome one at that. I don't know too many David's. I would defenitley consider using this name someday.

I love it especially with the nn Davy. Its a good solid name.

It's one of my least favorite names, to be honest. It's common to the point of being boring, and almost every David I've ever met has been a complete jerk, so there's bad associations with it for me, as well. I much prefer Davis, which is a family name for me.

I loved it when I was younger. I wanted two boys named David and Daniel :(
Now David feels a bit boring even though it's a good masculine name.

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It's been a long time favorite for me, and right now I'm really, really loving it. It's just so classic and masculine and...wonderful!

I absolutely love it.

I think I'm in love

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My husband is David Harold, and my son is David Alexander. But I'm not biased at all. ;-)

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Seriously, I love the name, its meaning, its sounds (that nice solid D, the long A, the V... just love it). One of my favorites.

Love it. It's so simple, delicate, innocent, yet strong and dignified at the same time. And it has so much history! Not many names can come across like that IMO.

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Although David's popular, I've only ever met three in my life, none of whom I have much contact with anymore. Either way, I'd still probably only use it as a middle name. I was thinking about Roger David a little while ago. :)

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ETA: Here's a fun story of why I like David so much. "Davy Crockett" was one of my favorite songs as a small, small child, which originally drew me to the name a few years ago. I was watching a home video from when I was a little over two years old, and children's music was playing in the background. No matter what song was playing (for instance "Itsy Bitsy Spider" or "Twinkle Twinkle"), I'd still repeatedly belt out "DAVYYY, DAVY CROCKETT!", much to my at-the-time-six-year-old sister's dismay. :D

This message was edited 7/21/2007, 10:32 PM

I love the name David. I don't usually like names that are in the top 20, but I feel that this name is a classic that always sounds nice.

I prefer Davis.