SEARCH FOR A PERSONAL NAME Whats in a name - a survey of first names

Use * for one or more unknown letters
Use ~ before name for Soundex search
Search
Help Search
History
Home Contact us FAQs News Help About us T&Cs Links Augusto (M)> Dorottya (F)> Rosalind (F)> Georgie (F)> Tadeu (M)> Rona (F)> Fingin (M)> Dores (F)> Mal (M)> Fyneen (M)> Christoverus (M)> Gora (M)> Jase (M)> Adhamh (M)> Laurelle (F)> Delores (F)> Aaltruide (F)> Dond (M)> Estefania (F)> Marcin (M)> Rhonda (F)> Lenin (S)> Giles (M)> Federico (M)> Dewi (M)>

Dewi (male)

Variants:Dafydd (M) David (M)
Derivative of:Dewydd (M)
Can be spelt:Dewey (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

A Welsh form of David [as is Dafydd], from Hebrew "beloved".

Dewey is possibly a US English respelling of Dewi but this is by no means certain.
Thanks to Donald Whyte who provided much of the initial information for this site. Copyright: Ray Hennessy 2004-2013
Website development by Akriga