Davis
Son of David — one spelling among England's commonest.
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The seat of Davis
Seat vacantChief
No chief yet. The seat awaits its first claimant — be the first to stake your name to Davis.
Current mission
No mission proclaimed. The chief, once seated, sets the clan’s public focus — a campaign, a contest, a piece of restoration, a year of remembrance.
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Stake your name →What does the Davis name mean?
Son of David — Middle English Davis and Davies share the same patronymic root; spelling tracks parish clerk and migration, not separate origins.
The history of Davis
Densest in the Welsh March and the West Midlands where Welsh Davids anglicised registers; equally thick in the southwest where biblical David stayed in fashion among Tudor English.