Meaning of name Dewey

The name Dewey has the following meaning:

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

As a baby boy name, Dewey is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Dewey in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Dewey is very likely a(n) Welsh variant of the name David. See other suggested Welsh baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name David.

The following names are baby names related to Dewey and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Dewey: Boys - Adriel, Dathan, Dori, Dov, Dovev, Haskell, Mordecai, Mordechai, Nadav, Nirel, Noam, Solomon, Girls - Alia, Eve, Galilea, Johnna, Mahala, Mahalah, Mozell, Orah, Salome, Sherron, Both genders - Anna, Betty, Mary

The name Dewey is a variant of David. Other popular variants of the name David are: Dafydd, Dai, Davan, Dave (English), Daven, Davey, Davi, Davidde, Davide, Davidson, Davie, Daviel, Davis, Davon, Davy (English), Davyd, Davydd, Dewey (Welsh)

We think the name Dewey should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Dewey to be: A dependable and good-looking person

In one word, you might describe Dewey as a(n) "dependable" person.

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