Given name & surname
Dewan
“a fresh-faced man”·“a talkative man”
Dewan is a variant of Dwan. One American interpretation is “a fresh-faced man.” Dewan is a variant of Dejuan. One American interpretation is “a talkative man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dewan is a variant of Dwan. One American interpretation is “a fresh-faced man.” Dewan is a variant of Dejuan. One American interpretation is “a talkative man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dewan is a variant of Dwan. An origin associated with Dwan is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dewan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 669
- 653 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 27 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 886 as a first name in 2020; 1,584 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dewan’s family of names
Dewan has a related form in Dejuan. Dewan has a related form in Dwan.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Dewan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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