Given name & surname
Dewi
“a highly valued man”
Dewi is a variant of Dewey. One Welsh interpretation is “a highly valued man.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dewi is a variant of Dewey. One Welsh interpretation is “a highly valued man.” Its derivation is not certain.
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Where it comes from
Dewi is a variant of Dewey. A possible origin is Welsh, although the derivation remains uncertain. In Welsh use, Dewi shares an earlier linguistic root with David. David is a Hebrew biblical name, although its precise Hebrew derivation remains uncertain.
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How it developed
In Welsh use, Dewi shares an earlier linguistic root with David. The shared background comes through David: One explanation connects David with a Hebrew nursery word meaning “darling.” This remains a proposed derivation rather than an established breakdown into separate elements.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Welsh use, Dewi shares an earlier linguistic root with David. The history of David gives this family its wider story. The biblical David is remembered as the young challenger of Goliath and later king of Israel. In Britain, the patron saint of Wales and two medieval Scottish kings gave the name further local associations.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Dewi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1977. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 426 as a first name in 2020; 123 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.
Dewi’s family of names
Dewi shares a linguistic root with David. Dewi has a related form in Dewey. In Welsh usage, Dewi has a conventional equivalent in the English form David.
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Around the world
Dewi has relatives in 4 languages.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Davidcognate · English, French
- Daveyequivalent
- Daveequivalent
- Davyequivalent
- Davideequivalent
- Daoudequivalent
- Dawidequivalent
- Dewyequivalent
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People named Dewi
- Dewi SandraBrazilian-born Indonesian singerborn 1980
- Dewi SukarnoJapanese businesswoman, socialite, television personality, YouTuber and philanthropistborn 1940
- Dewi LestariIndonesian writer, singer, and song-writerborn 1976
- Dewi PerssikIndonesian dangdut singerborn 1985
- Dewi Fortuna AnwarIndonesian research professor and Indonesian President's fourth spokespersonborn 1958
- Dewi YuliawatiIndonesian rowerborn 1997
- Dewi BebbWelsh rugby union player (1938–1996)
- Dewi MorrisEnglish rugby union footballerborn 1964
- Dewi LakeWelsh rugby union playerborn 1999
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