Davies

Davies is a common surname. It is patronymic of David, a Hebrew name meaning "beloved". Davies is a hugely popular name in Wales, owing to the name of its patron saint, David. The name stems from the Welsh Ap Dafydd, meaning "son of David". Families who held the name Dafis changed their name to Davies during the 19th century around the same period the Welsh Not was introduced.

Davies is also fairly widespread in the south-west of Britain, especially Cornwall. Cornish variants of the name include Davies, Davis, Davie, Davye, Davey, Daves and Davyse. It has been argued that the Cornish name derives not from a patronymic but rather from the Cornish Dewnans, "Devon", thus referring to someone from Dumnonia or Devon, or alternatively from dew, meaning "dark". Whatever the origins it is interesting to note that many supposedly Welsh surnames are fairly widespread in Cornwall too, once known itself as West Wales. The name is also found in Brittany.

It may refer to many people.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Adrian Davies, English barrister
• Adrian Davies (rugby player), Welsh rugby footballer
• Adrienne Davies, American musician
• Alan Davies, English actor and comedian
• Alec Davies, Scottish cricketer
• Alex Davies, English musician
• Alexandra Davies, Australian actress
• Alun Davies, one of several people including:
  • Alun Davies (guitarist), English musician
  • Alun Davies (politician), Labour AM (member of the National Assembly for Wales)
  • Alun Davies (footballer), Cook Islandish footballer
• Andrew Davies, one of several people including:
  • Andrew Davies (footballer), English footballer
  • Andrew Davies (cricketer), Welsh cricketer
  • Andrew Davies (writer), British writer
  • Andrew Davies (politician)
• Anne Davies, one of several people including:
  • Ann Davies (occultist), American occultist
  • Ann Davies (actress), English actress
  • Anne Davies (figure skater), US figure-skater and 1949 Olympic bronze-medalist
• Anthony Davies, Welsh snooker player
• Arthur B. Davies, American artist
• Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, British writer on heraldry
• Ashley Slanina-Davies, British actress

B

• Barbara Davies, English teacher and activist
• Barry Davies, British sports commentator
• Benjamin Davies, one of several people including:
  • Benjamin Davies (footballer), Australian rules footballer
• Bevan Davies, drummer
• Billy Davies, Scottish football manager
• Bob Davies, American basketball player
• Brenda Davies, wife and literary executor of Robertson Davies
• Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, British politician
• Bryn Davies, British trade unionist and politician

C

• Caitlin Davies, English writer
• Carrie Davies, British broadcaster
• Charles Lynn Davies, Wales rugby player
• Charlie Davies, American footballer
• Chris Davies, British politician
• Christopher Davies (cricketer), Australian cricketer
• Clara Novello Davies, Welsh singer, mother of Ivor Novello
• Clement Davies, British politician
• Cliff Davies (rugby player), Wales rugby player
• Curtis Davies, English footballer
• Cyril Davies, English musician

D

• Dai Davies, (multiple names)
• Dangerous Davies, fictional character from The Last Detective
• Dave Davies, English rock musician, brother of Ray Davies
• Dave Davies (TV host), American television host
• David Davies, one of several people including:
  • David Davies (clergyman) (1714 - 1819), Welsh clergyman and social historian
  • David Davies (preacher) (1763 - 1816)
  • David Davies (physician)
  • David Davies (Dai'r Cantwr) Rebecca rioter, (c.1812 - 1874)
  • David Davies (industrialist) (1818-1890), Welsh industrialist
  • David Charles Davies (1826-1891), nonconformist clergyman
  • Sir Horatio David Davies, Lord Mayor of London (1842-1912)
  • David Ffrangcon Davies (1855-1918), baritone
  • David Davies, painter (Dyer Davies) (c.1870-1930)
  • David Ivor Davies, entertainer Ivor Novello
  • D.J. Davies (1893-1956), Economist, Socialist Plaid Cymru Activist, Constitutional Monarchist.
  • David Davies (politician), Welsh Conservative politician, and Member of Parliament elected in 2005
  • David Davies (swimmer), Welsh swimmer
  • David Davies (football administrator), current Executive Director of the English Football Association
  • Baron Davies:
    • David Davies, 1st Baron Davies (1880-1944) (grandson of David Davies (industrialist))
    • David Davies, 2nd Baron Davies (1915-1944)
    • David Davies, 3rd Baron Davies (b. 1940)
    • David Davies, Baron Davies of Coity (born 1935)
• Denys Johnson-Davies, Canadian translator
• Denzil Davies, British politician
• Diana Davies, English actress
• Diana Elliott Davies, British high jumper
• Dickie Davies, British television presenter
• Donald Davies, British computer scientist
• Douglas Davies, British theologian

E

• Edward Davies, (multiple names)
• Edward Harold Davies, Australian conductor and music teacher
• Emily Davies, English feminist
• Eric Davies, South African cricketer

F

• Freddie Davies, English comedian

G

• Gareth Davies, musician in Suburban Vegetable
• Gary Davies, various including;
  • Gary Davies, English DJ
  • Gary Davies, British boxer
• Gavyn Davies, British banker and past BBC chairman
• Geoffrey Davies, English actor
• George Davies, British politician.
• George Davies, British fashion retailer
• George Llewelyn Davies, see Llewelyn Davies
• Geraint Davies, various including:
  • Geraint Davies, UK Labour Party politician
  • Geraint Davies, Welsh Plaid Cymru politician
  • Geraint Wyn Davies, Canadian actor
• Gerald Davies Welsh rugby player
• Grant Davies, Australian canoer
• Godfrey Davies, English historian
• Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, British actress

H

• Henry Davies, (1804-1890) Welsh born journalist at Cheltenham
• Henry Eugene Davies, Jr., (1836-94), American soldier and lawyer
• Henry Walford Davies, British composer
• Hopkin Davies, Wales international rugby player
• Howard Davies, one of several people including:
  • Sir Howard Davies, Director of the LSE
  • Howard Davies, Theatre Director
  • Harold Whitridge Davies, (1894-1946), Australian professor of physiology and expeditionist
• Hugh Sykes Davies, English poet and academic
• Hunter Davies, British writer
• Huw Irranca-Davies, British politician

I

• Idris Davies, Welsh poet

J

• Jack Llewelyn Davies, see Llewelyn Davies
• Jackson Davies, Canadian actor
• James Davies, one of several people including:
  • James A. Davies, ophthalmologist and LDS bishop
  • James C. Davies, sociologist
  • James Llewellyn Davies, Welsh soldier
• Jeremy Davies, English Catholic priest
• Jeremy Davies, American actor
• Jim Davies, English guitarist
• Jim Davies, Australian rules footballer
• Jimmy Davies, American racing driver
• Jocelyn Davies, Welsh politician
• John Davies, one of several people including:
  • John Davies of Hereford (1565?–1618) poet and satirist
  • Sir John Davies (1569–1626) poet, statesman, attorney-general in Ireland
  • Dr John Davies (c.1567–1644), lexicographer, translator, and editor of the 1620 Welsh edition of the Bible
  • John Davies (1814-1872), Australian publisher
  • John P. Davies (1908–1999), American diplomat
  • John R. T. Davies (1927-2004) remastering engineer of classic jazz records and musician
  • John Davies (1938–2003), New Zealand athlete
  • Dr John Davies, Welsh historian and broadcaster
  • John Henry Davies, British brewer and owner of Manchester United
  • John Howard Davies, television producer and former child actor
  • John Quentin Davies, usually called Quentin Davies, British Conservative MP
  • John Davies (swimmer)
  • John Davies (b. 1946) British artist, working in sculpture and mixed media
  • John Davies (1916–1979) British businessman (British Petroleum) and cabinet minister
  • Bishop John Stewart Davies of the Diocese of St Asaph, Church in Wales
  • John Thomas Davies, English - British soldier
• John Ainsworth-Davies, English athlete
• John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor
• Jonathan Davies, (multiple names)
• Joseph E. Davies, American diplomat
• Joseph G. Davies, Microsoft employee
• Joseph John Davies, English soldier

K

• Karl Davies, English television actor
• Kay Davies, English geneticist
• Kevin Davies, English footballer
• Kevin Davies, British television director
• Kimberley Davies, Australian actress
• Kyle Davies, American baseball player
• Kyle Davies, American soccer player

L

• L. P. Davies, British novelist
• Lane Davies, American actor
• Laura Davies, English golfer
• Libby Davies, Canadian politician
• Lilian May Davies, later Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland
• Lindy Davies, Australian actress
• Llewellyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies, British general
• Louis Henry Davies, Canadian politician
• Luke Davies, Australian writer
• Lyndal Davies, Australian wildlife documentary maker
• Lynn Davies, British athlete

M

• M. C. Davies, Australian businessman
• Mandy Rice-Davies, Welsh model
• Marion Davies, American actress
• Mark Davies, (multiple names)
• Martin Davies, British museum director
• Martin Davies, British writer
• Martyn Davies, British weather forecaster
• Mervyn Davies, Welsh rugby player
• Michael Davies, one of several people including:
  • Michael Davies, British Traditionalist Catholic writer
  • Michael Davies, television producer.
  • Michael Davies, British illustrator and cartoonist Michael ffolkes
  • Michael Davies, British High Court judge
  • Michael Davies, cricketer
• Michael Llewelyn Davies, see Llewelyn Davies
• Mike Davies, American-born UK television and radio broadcaster
• Mike Davies, English footballer
• A. Morley Davies, British paleontologist
• Cooke Davies, Canadian politician

N

• Nicholas Llewelyn Davies, see Llewelyn Davies
• Nicola Davies, British children's author
• Norman Davies, English historian

O

• Oliver Ford Davies, British actor
• Owen Davies, writer on witchcraft

P

• Patricia Davies, Zimbabwean field hockey player
• Paul Davies, English physicist and writer
• Paul Davies, English footballer
• Peter Davies, (multiple names)
• Peter Ho Davies, British author
• Peter Llewelyn Davies, see Llewelyn Davies
• Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer
• Philip Davies, British politician
• A. Powell Davies, American Unitarian Minister

Q

• Quentin Davies, British politician

R

• R.E.G. Davies, English scholar and aviation writer
• Ray Davies, English rock musician, vocalist, and songwriter
• Reine Davies, American actress
• Rees Davies, Welsh historian
• Rhett Davies, producer
• Richard Davies, Welsh bishop
• Richard Davies, British actor
• Richard Davies, British equerry
• Richard Bell-Davies, British fighter pilot
• Rick Davies, English musician with Supertramp
• Robert Davies (GC), Cornish George Cross winner for heroic action in 1941, saving St Paul's Cathedral.
• Rob Davies, Welsh footballer
• Robertson Davies, Canadian author
• Roger Davies, Australian music manager
• Ronald Thomas (Ron) Davies the former football (soccer) defender who played for Cardiff City and Southampton in the 1950s and 1960s.
• Ronald Tudor Davies Former Southampton & Wales footballer
• Ron Davies, Welsh politician
• Ronald Davies, American judge
• Rosemary Davies, American actress
• Rupert Davies, English actor
• Russell Davies, British television personality
• Russell T. Davies, British television writer
• Ryan Davies, Welsh entertainer

S

• S. O. Davies, British politician
• Scott Davies, (multiple names)
• Sharron Davies (born 1962), English swimmer
• Siobhan Davies, British dancer
• Simon Davies, (multiple names)
• Sonja Davies, New Zealand trade unionist and politician
• Stephen Davies, (multiple names)
• Steven Davies, English cricketer
• Stevie Davies, Welsh novelist

T

• T. Glynne Davies, Welsh poet and broadcaster
• Terence Davies, English film director
• Theophilus Harris Davies, British businessman
• Tod Davies, American screenwriter
• Tom Davies, American Football player
• Tru Davies, fictional eponymous character in Tru Calling

V

• Valentine Davies, American film director

W

• W. H. Davies, Welsh poet and writer
• W. P. C. Davies, English rugby player and headmaster
• Walford Davies, British composer
• William Davies, military leader in the American Revolution
• William Davies, Australian politician
• William Rupert Davies, former Canadian senator
• Windsor Davies, British actor

See also

• Davis, a placename and surname - among other uses
• Davies-Gilbert
• Baron Davies
• Llewelyn Davies, the family closely connected with J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan

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