Davises

Proper noun

Davis (countable and uncountable, plural Davises)

1. A surname.
   • 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.2015 September 9, Todd Leopold, “Band unhappy with use of ‘Eye of the Tiger’ for Kim Davis”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 May 2023
   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 community in the Rural Municipality of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada; named for politician Thomas Osborne Davis.

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