This is a name I feel is a little obscure especially around here in my area, have you ever heard of it? What do you think?
I heard it on a female in a talk show audience on televison the other day! It could have been spelled [name]Dovie[/name] I just know it was pronounced [name]DOE[/name]-vee
I’ve never heard of it. [name]Reading[/name] it, I would have thought the prn was like dove the bird, dove-y. That sounds like an endearment not a real name, but [name]DOE[/name]-vie is interesting. I wonder if it’s a nn for something??
Makes me think of [name]Lovey[/name]-Dovey, maybe b/c it’s [name]Valentine[/name]'s [name]Day[/name]!
I once knew a Dovey who worked at the restaurant I waitressed at in college. This was 7 or 8 yrs ago and she was probably 19 or 20. The only thing that bothers me about the name is that it looks like [name]Dove[/name]-y with a long ‘o’ unless you think about it.
[name]EDIT[/name]: I just realized you were asking about the long ‘o’ pronunciation rather than the [name]Dove[/name]-like-a-bird pronunciation. I like this variation much less. Reminds me of Dobie [name]Gillis[/name].
Of course, many times as lovey dovey. It is a term of endearment but not a name imo.
The name [name]Dovie[/name] has been around since at least the 1800s. There is a minor character in the [name]Anne[/name] of [name]Green[/name] Gables series with that name. A former co-worker of mine was also named [name]Dovie[/name]. She is middle-aged and pronounces it [name]Dove[/name]-y.
Holey–thats very interesting. I think its kind of pretty though I don’t think I’d ever use it for a little girl. Maybe a pet or something 
I’ve heard it before but it’s a very old name and I don’t think I’ve ever heard it on a person under 70.
There was a character in an Australian children’s novel called Playing [name]Beatie[/name] [name]Bow[/name]. She was Scottish, so I figured it must originate from somewhere around there. In my head I always pronounced it [name]Dove[/name]-y! [name]Doe[/name]-vey is a bit strange…
I feel I should add that the Dovey in Playing [name]Beatie[/name] [name]Bow[/name] lived in the 1800s. So I agree that it’s a very old name
One of my favorite childhood books featured a little girl named Dovey [name]Coe[/name], a feisty little twelve year old southern girl. I think it’s a pretty cute name.
My great grandmother was named [name]Dovie[/name] pronounced like the bird. She was a great woman and very lovely so I have a good impression of the name but I can’t see it being used “nowadays” and believe me I have tried to think of a way to squeeze it in some way. 
When I was a child one of the girls in my ballet class was named Dovey. I knew her for many years until her life came to a tragic end. However, she was the most amazing girl. Everyone loved her, and she was a great little ballerina. Whenever I think of this name I think of the cute, peaceful, warm hearted, smiling, little ballet friend I used to have.
The name [name]Dovie[/name] is one of my favourites.
Pronounced like the bird and I am aware it had a bit of use in late Victorian era. I hope to use it as a middle name if I have a daughter.
I have never heard of it. Strangely I immediately thought of Dobby from [name]Harry[/name] [name]Potter[/name].
Dovey? No, I’ve never really heard of Dovey, … I do prefer the spelling [name]Dovie[/name], though. Looks more gentle and natural. It also makes me think of the term “lovey-dovey”. I spell it [name]Dove[/name]-y, rather than [name]Doe[/name]-vey. It would be a cute nn for something, but it doesn’t sound like a name at all!
I have spent too much time scrolling through old SSA lists so I’ve seen it on there in some of the 1800s records.
I adore the Hebrew name [name]Doveva[/name] (doe-vee-va) and could see either prn of Dovey/[name]Dovie[/name] as a nn for this name, which might be a bit more wearable.