Gender Feminine
Usage Late Roman, History (Ecclesiastical), Eastern African, Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Pronounced Pron. du-TEE-vu(European Portuguese) da-CHEE-vu(Brazilian Portuguese) da-TEE-ba(Spanish) [key·IPA]
Meaning & History
Feminine form of Dativus. This was the name of a 5th-century Christian martyr from North Africa. It is mostly used in Eastern Africa (mainly in Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda).