Dewi

deh-oo’ee, deh-wee

Diminutive of Dafydd, Welsh variation of David

"beloved"

Dewi Origin and Meaning

The name Dewi is a boy's name of Welsh origin.

The name of the patron saint of Wales is virtually unknown in the US under this spelling. There were no baby boys named Dewi or Dewie in the US in 2021, though there were 35 named Dewey. Incredibly enough, Dewey ranked among the US Top 1000 for an entire century, from 1887 to 1986, reaching as high as Number 19 in 1898.

Popularity of the name Dewi

• 961 England 2015

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Famous People Named Dewi

• Dewi Sant Welsh name for Saint David
• Dewi Griffiths Welsh television producer and radio host
• Dewi Morgan Welsh bard
• Dewi Morris Welsh rugby player
• Dewi Bebb Welsh rugby player
• Dewi Bridges Welsh bishop
• Dewi Nantbrân Welsh Franciscan writer
• Dewi Zephaniah Phillips Welsh philosopher

The name Dewi in Pop Culture

• in the netherlands the name Dewi (pronounced 'day,wee' over here) is pretty common in Indo,Dutch families for their girls! (Indo,Dutch = families with ties to the former Dutch colony Indonesia....it's a major sub,culture in my country and I'm a member)