Dwi
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/dwˈi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Dwi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country, where it is the 7th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Malay dwi, from Sanskrit द्वि (dvi), from द्व (dvá), from Proto-Indo-European *dwó, *dwóh₁.
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 415(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 11K
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 21K
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
- 253 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 415 (inferred from the name graph)
≈640,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Indonesia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Malaydwi(measured from records)
- Sanskritद्विdvi(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*dwó(measured from records)
From Malay dwi, from Sanskrit द्वि (dvi), from द्व (dvá), from Proto-Indo-European *dwó, *dwóh₁.
Sources 1
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dwi 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 | #7 | ≈640,000 est. | ≈1 in 415 | listed | Dwi | 253 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Dwi | 31 |
| VN Vietnam | — | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 137K | — | Dwi | 7 |
| SG Singapore | #382 | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Dwi | 27 |
| HK Hong Kong | #897 | ≈560 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Dwi | 8 |
| TM Turkmenistan | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Dwi | 1 |
| PL Poland | — | 32 | 1 in 1.2M | 27 | — | — |
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; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20). 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)
Dwi is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Welsh, contraction of dw i (“I am”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Initialism of driving while impaired.
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)
- Dwi Listyo Rahayub. 1957IDIndonesian carcinologist
- Agus Dwi Santosob. 1965IDbadminton coach
- Sony Dwi Kuncorob. 1984IDIndonesian badminton player
- Dwi Agustiawatib. 1989IDIndonesia badminton player
- Oddie Listyanto Putrab. 1996IDnot in their usual nameIndonesian para badminton player
- Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyob. 1998IDIndonesian badminton player
- Asty Dwi Widyaningrumb. 1999IDIndonesian badminton player
- Galuh Dwi Putrab. 2003IDbadminton player
- Dicky Dwi Pangestub. 2004IDbadminton player
- Rizki Dwi Cahyob. 2006IDbadminton player
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 14 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 27 | #5,187 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 25 | #5,088 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 5 | #11,052 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 5 | #11,053 |
| ID Indonesia | KPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Dwi mean, and where does it come from?
- From Malay dwi, from Sanskrit द्वि (dvi), from द्व (dvá), from Proto-Indo-European *dwó, *dwóh₁. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Dwi?
- A machine transcription gives /dwˈi/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
- Is Dwi a male or female name?
- Dwi is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Dwi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 643 thousand people named Dwi in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dwi.
- How common is the name Dwi?
- In Poland, the national register counted 32 people named Dwi in 2026, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
- How common is Dwi compared with other names?
- In Indonesia, Dwi is the 7th most common given name of 270,909 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Dwi?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/dwiThe 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, “Dwi” — the 7th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.