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Dewi - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Dewi

[ syll. de-wi, dew-i ] The boy name Dewi is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is D-UWiy KEY. Dewi is used predominantly in the Welsh and English languages, and its origin is Hebrew.

Dewi is a variant spelling (English) of the name Dewey (Welsh and English).

Dewi is also a variant (Welsh) of the name David (Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Portuguese, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish).

Dewi is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly linked to Dewi, David (Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Portuguese, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish) was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Dewi include Dewey (Welsh and English), Dewy (English), Dada (Yoruban), Daithi (Irish), Daithí (Irish), Daudi, Dawid (Polish and Yiddish), Dawud (Arabic), Dewit (English), Dewitt (English), Didi (French and German), Diya (Arabic), Dodya (Russian), Dowid (Yiddish), Dai (Welsh), Daith (Irish), Daud (Arabic), Dee (English), Deio (Welsh), and Deodat (English).

KEY: approx pronunciation for Dewi: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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