Dovey is a very uncommon name in the US. I'm a descendent of Samuel Dovey born in Birmingham, England probably about 1870. I believe his ancestors came from Wales. There is a Dovey river and Aberdovey there. My cousin who is a research librarian said that the Welsh "cowboys" would herd their cattle to Birningham for sale and somewhere along the line my ancestors settled in Birmingham. My grandfather eventually came to live in Brooklyn, New York and married Theresa Cain an orphan and had 7 children - Howard, Arthur, Fred, George, Beatrice, Alice and my father Clifford. Any information that anyone has regarding the Dovey family line would be appreciated. It's a common name in England, but not in the USA. And it's pronounced with the long O (as in the past tense of dive with a Y), not lovey dovey. I'm assuming that is how everyone else pronounces the name.