Given name & surname
Hewey
“the small intelligent one”
Hewey is a variant of Hewett. One French interpretation is “the small intelligent one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hewey is a variant of Hewett. One French interpretation is “the small intelligent one.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hewey is a variant of Hewett. An origin associated with Hewett is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hewey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 23 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 7 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 6 in 1952. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 390 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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