Släkthistoria för Dewis
Dewis Vad efternamn betyder
perhaps from Ewyas Harold or Ewyas Lacy (Herefs) with fused preposition Anglo-Norman French de. Denias and Denyas are probably misreadings of -n- for -u representing /w/ or /v/. Dewyas and Devyas developed to Dewis and Devis and may have been confused with (2) and (3) from other origins. see Devis. see Dews. see Dewhurst.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
