Davis

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪ.vɪs/

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• Rhymes: -eɪvɪs

Davis (countable and uncountable, plural Davises)

1. A surname.
   • 2015 September 9, Todd Leopold, “Band unhappy with use of ‘Eye of the Tiger’ for Kim Davis”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 May 2023:

     The use of “Eye of the Tiger” at a rally for Kentucky clerk Kim Davis has Survivor’s Jim Peterik “risin’ up to the challenge” – and threatening action.

   1. A Welsh and English surname originating as a patronymic, variant of Davies.
   2. An Irish surname, adopted as an anglicization of Ó Damháin, Ó Daimhín (whence Devine).
   3. An Irish surname, adopted as an anglicization of Mac Dáibhidh (whence McDavid).
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A placename:
   1. A community in the Rural Municipality of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada; named for politician Thomas Osborne Davis.
   2. A locale in the United States.
      1. A city in Yolo County, California; named for agriculturalist Jerome C. Davis.
         • 2024 May 17, Orko Manna, “Toll lane project on Interstate 80 between West Sacramento and Davis gets green light”, in KCRA‎^[2], archived from the original on 22 May 2024:

           Drivers like the idea of increasing traffic flow and reducing congestion on the portion of I-80 between Davis and West Sacramento.

      2. A village in Rock Run Township, Stephenson County, Illinois; named for founder S. J. Davis.
      3. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Missouri.
      4. A census-designated place in Carteret County, North Carolina.
      5. A city in Garvin County and Murray County, Oklahoma; named for early settler Samuel H. Davis.
      6. A small town in Turner County, South Dakota; named for an early settler.
      7. An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
      8. A town in Tucker County, West Virginia; named for senator Henry Gassaway Davis, or his family.
      9. A number of townships, listed under Davis Township.
   3. Ellipsis of Davis Station; a research station in Princess Elizabeth Land in Antarctica.
      • 2013 December 2, “Copter crashes during Antarctica science mission; 3 injured”, in CNN‎^[3], archived from the original on 6 December 2013:

        The average high December temperature at Davis, Australia’s southernmost Antarctic scientific research station, is 2.4 degrees Celsius, or 36 degrees Fahrenheit.

4. Ellipsis of University of California, Davis.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Davis is the 8^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1,116,357 individuals. Davis is most common among White (62.2%) and Black/African American (31.6%) individuals. [4]

• Vidas, divas, vasid

Borrowed from English Davis.

• IPA^(key): /de.vis/

Davis ?

1. a surname from English