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Updated: April 20, 2025

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Hebrew : Beloved

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (Gujarat); pronounced as da-way : Hindu (Brahman) name, from Sanskrit dvivedī ‘(one who has studied) two Vedas’.

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