# Dewi

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**Dewi** may refer to either a [Welsh](#Welsh_name) or [Southeast Asian](#Asian_name) name.

## Welsh name

**Dewi** (ˈdɛwiː, also ˈdauwiː or ˈdeːwiː) is an alternate or [diminutive](/source/Diminutive) form of the [Welsh](/source/Welsh_name) [masculine](/source/Masculine_name) [given name](/source/Given_name) [Dafydd](/source/Dafydd) ("[David](/source/David_(name))").

It is most famously borne by the [patron saint](/source/Patron_saint) of [Wales](/source/Wales), [Saint David](/source/Saint_David) (Welsh: *Dewi Sant*).

It may also refer to:

- [Dewi Bebb](/source/Dewi_Bebb), a Welsh rugby player
- [Dewi Bridges](/source/Dewi_Bridges), a Welsh bishop
- [Dewi Griffiths](/source/Dewi_Griffiths), a Welsh television producer and radio host
- [Dewi Morgan](/source/Dewi_Morgan), a Welsh bard
- [Dewi Morris](/source/Dewi_Morris), a rugby player who played for England
- [Dewi Nantbrân](/source/Dewi_Nantbr%C3%A2n), a Welsh friar
- [Dewi Zephaniah Phillips](/source/Dewi_Zephaniah_Phillips), a Welsh philosopher

## Asian name

**Dewi** (ˈdewi) is also the [Indonesian](/source/Indonesian_language) and [Malay](/source/Malay_language) version of the [Hindu](/source/Hinduism) [devi](/source/Devi) ("[goddess](/source/Goddess)").

It may refer to:

- [Dewi Danu](/source/Dewi_Danu), the Balinese water goddess
- [Dewi Sri](/source/Dewi_Sri), the Javanese goddess of rice and fertility
- "Dewi", a single by Indonesian singer [Once](/source/Once_(singer))
- [Dewi Persik](/source/Dewi_Persik), an Indonesian dangdut singer
- [Dewi Sartika](/source/Dewi_Sartika), an Indonesian educator
- [Dewi Sandra](/source/Dewi_Sandra), an Indonesian singer and model
- [Dewi Sukarno](/source/Dewi_Sukarno), former wife of Indonesian President Sukarno
- [Sandra Dewi](/source/Sandra_Dewi), an Indonesian actress and model
- [Dewi Driegen](/source/Dewi_Driegen), a part-Indonesian Dutch model
- [Dewi Claire Schreefel](/source/Dewi_Claire_Schreefel), a part-Indonesian Dutch golfer
- [Dewi Lestari Simangunsong](/source/Dewi_Lestari) (born 1976), Indonesian writer, singer, and songwriter

## See also

- [Devi (disambiguation)](/source/Devi_(disambiguation))
- [Deva (disambiguation)](/source/Deva_(disambiguation)) and [Dewa (disambiguation)](/source/Dewa_(disambiguation)), variations of the male form of Dewi
- [Dai (given name)](/source/Dai_(given_name))
- [David (name)](/source/David_(name))
- [Davy (given name)](/source/Davy_(given_name))
- [Dafydd](/source/Dafydd), name
- [Dewey (given name)](/source/Dewey_(given_name))

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