Davie (surname)
E462820
Davie is a Scottish and English surname, often derived as a diminutive or patronymic form of the given name David.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Davids (surname) | 1 |
| Davidson (surname) | 1 |
| Davie (given name) | 1 |
| Davie (surname) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4702366 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Davie (surname) Context triple: [Davie, hasRelatedSurname, Davie (surname)]
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A.
Douglas (surname)
Douglas (surname) is a Scottish family name of Gaelic origin historically associated with a powerful Lowland clan and widely borne in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Davis (given name)
Davis is a masculine given name of English origin, often considered a variant of David and used both as a first name and a surname.
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C.
Kilpatrick (surname)
Kilpatrick is a Scottish and Irish surname of Gaelic origin, borne by various notable figures in politics, sports, and the arts.
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D.
Kirkpatrick (surname)
Kirkpatrick is a Scottish surname of Gaelic origin, historically associated with families from southwestern Scotland and often linked to the given name Kirk.
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E.
Desmond (surname)
Desmond (surname) is an Irish family name historically associated with the Gaelic kingdom of Desmond in southwestern Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Davie (surname) Target entity description: Davie is a Scottish and English surname, often derived as a diminutive or patronymic form of the given name David.
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A.
Douglas (surname)
Douglas (surname) is a Scottish family name of Gaelic origin historically associated with a powerful Lowland clan and widely borne in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Davis (given name)
Davis is a masculine given name of English origin, often considered a variant of David and used both as a first name and a surname.
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C.
Kilpatrick (surname)
Kilpatrick is a Scottish and Irish surname of Gaelic origin, borne by various notable figures in politics, sports, and the arts.
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D.
Kirkpatrick (surname)
Kirkpatrick is a Scottish surname of Gaelic origin, historically associated with families from southwestern Scotland and often linked to the given name Kirk.
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E.
Desmond (surname)
Desmond (surname) is an Irish family name historically associated with the Gaelic kingdom of Desmond in southwestern Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| belongsToNameCategory |
English-language surnames
ⓘ
Scottish surnames ⓘ surnames derived from given names ⓘ |
| derivedFromGivenName | David ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalRoot | Hebrew name David ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Scottish ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | beloved (via the name David) ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Alexander Edmund Batson Davie
ⓘ
Donald Davie ⓘ George M. Davie ⓘ Grace Davie ⓘ William Richardson Davie ⓘ
linked to:
William R. Davie
|
| hasOccupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ poet ⓘ politician ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| hasOrigin |
England
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| hasSpellingVariant |
Davey
ⓘ
Davies ⓘ Davy ⓘ |
| hasUsageRegion |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ England ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasVariant |
Davey
ⓘ
Davies ⓘ Davy ⓘ |
| heldPosition |
Governor of North Carolina
ⓘ
Premier of British Columbia ⓘ |
| isDiminutiveOf | David ⓘ |
| isPatronymicFormOf | David ⓘ |
| isUsedAs |
diminutive surname
ⓘ
patronymic surname ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Davie (surname) Description of subject: Davie is a Scottish and English surname, often derived as a diminutive or patronymic form of the given name David.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Davie (surname)
linked to: Davie (surname)
linked to: Davie (surname)