First name is Davilene but not everyone can remember or say it and that started when I was in school. Lots of my relatives are from Texas and one of them gave me a coonskin cap when I was little as I loved to watch Daniel Boone on TV. Well I was a big tomboy growing up and was so proud of that cap that all the kids in the neighborhood kicknamed me Davie--as in Davy Crockett (Rember Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier?). The nickname stuck as you can see.
Mom used to always spell it Davi -- I have more western belts with it spelled that way
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Lots of folks ask if I was named after my Dad, sorrry no, his name is Alvin. Mom told me I was named after her best friend who had the same name, never met her.