Name: Dewey
Gender: Male
Usage: Dewey, of hebrew origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Dewey are in general originating from United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Dewey across the world, see David.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Dewey is: The lords.
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Numerology of the first name Dewey: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Dewey is ranked on the 4,427th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 71600 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Dewey has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Dewey for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Dewey is 29 December.
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History and Origin
Dewey is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Dewey Balfa (1927–1992), American musician
- Dewey Bartlett (1919–1979), American politician
- Dewey Bunnell (born 1951), American musician
- Dewey Cooper (born 1974), American kickboxer and boxer
- Dewey Lambdin (born 1945), American novelist
- Dewey McClain, American football player and politician
- Dewey Martin (actor) (born 1923), American actor
- Dewey Martin (musician) (1940–2009), Canadian drummer
- Dewey Nicks (born 1961), American photographer
- Dewey Redman (1931–2006), American jazz saxophonist
- Dewey Robinson (1898–1950), American actor
- Dewey Short (1898–1979), American politician
- Dewey Smith (1972–2009), American aquanaut
- Dewey Weber (1938–1993), American surfer
Fictional characters:
- Dewey Cox, fictional character in the 2007 film Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
- Dewey Denouement, fictional character in the A Series of Unfortunate Events novels by Lemony Snicket
- Dewey Finn, fictional character in the 2003 film School of Rock
- Dewey Novak, fictional character in the television series Eureka Seven
- Dewey Riley, fictional character in the Scream films
- Dewey (Malcolm in the Middle), fictional character in the television series Malcolm in the Middle
- Huey, Dewey and Louie, fictional nephews of Donald Duck
U.S.: of uncertain origin, perhaps a respelling of Dewi.
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