Dewi
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Welsh form of David, from Hebrew dāwīḏ ‘beloved’
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dˈɛwi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Dewi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country, where it is the 18th most common given name.
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 496(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 5.4K
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 5.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 255 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 496 (inferred from the name graph)
≈540,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Indonesia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Welsh form of David, from Hebrew dāwīḏ ‘beloved’
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dewi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | #18 | ≈540,000 est. | ≈1 in 496 | #12 | Dewi | 255 |
| TW Taiwan | — | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | Dewi | 18 |
| MY Malaysia | #589 | ≈6,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.4K | — | Dewi | 51 |
| CN China | — | ≈6,000 est. | ≈1 in 233K | — | Dewi | 11 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 4,066 | 1 in 4.3K | 4K | Dewi | 36 |
| HK Hong Kong | #402 | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 3.5K | — | Dewi | 10 |
| SG Singapore | #430 | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 5.4K | — | Dewi | 52 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the id-github-names register; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Dewi is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Welsh, Welsh root behind Llanddewi; earliest citation implied in 1429 Reeves, Mabwynion.
as a nameWelsh Surnames
A Welsh form (earlier Dewydd) of David, traditionally associated with the patron saint of Wales. This form of the given name was little used during the Middle Ages, but during the 20th century it has become quite common in Wales, though rare elsewhere. St Dewi was born in South Wales in the 5th century and became the first bishop of Menevia, the tiny cathedral city now known as St Davids.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In Malay, goddess (female deity)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Forme galloise de David; d’origine hébraïque via le latin.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In Welsh, a male given name from Old Welsh, equivalent to English David
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Dewi Morganb. 1877GBWelsh poet
- Dewi Bebbb. 1938GBWelsh rugby union player (1938–1996)
- Dewi Sukarnob. 1940JPJapanese businesswoman, socialite, television personality, YouTuber and philanthropist
- Dewi Humphreysb. 1947GBWelsh television director
- Dewi Lewisb. 1951GBBritish book publisher
- Dewi Llwydb. 1954GBWelsh journalist and broadcaster
- Dewi Lestarib. 1976IDIndonesian writer, singer, and song-writer
- Dewi Sandrab. 1980IDBrazilian-born Indonesian singer
- Dewi Evita Reijsb. 1982NLDutch actress
- Dewi Persikb. 1985IDIndonesian dangdut singer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 49 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 4K | #504 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 3.1K | #1,042 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 104 | #4,309 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 78 | #9,211 |
| NL Netherlands | SVB Kindernamen — annual newborn name frequency (Wayback-recovered) | 2017 | 41 | #316 |
| ID Indonesia | KPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Dewi mean, and where does it come from?
- Welsh form of David, from Hebrew dāwīḏ ‘beloved’ Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- Is Dewi a male or female name?
- Dewi is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Dewi?
- In the etymology graph, David, Dave and Davi are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Dewi?
- A machine transcription gives /dˈɛwi/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
- In which country does Dewi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 539 thousand people named Dewi in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dewi.
- How common is the name Dewi?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 4,066 people named Dewi, about 1 in 4.3 thousand residents.
- How common is Dewi compared with other names?
- In Indonesia, Dewi is the 18th most common given name of 270,909 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Dewi?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/dewiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dewi” — the 18th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.