Message: "Deian" - Behind the Name

Deian

by mirfak

1/5/2015, 4:31 PM

I think this is a Welsh male name.
Some websites say it is a form of Dafydd.
Is it?
Also, how is it pronounced?
Thanks.

- mirfak

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- Pie

1/6/2015, 4:08 PM

Yup, it's a common pet form of Dafydd or Dewi (these are basically the same name) but it's been used as a name in its own right since around the 1940s. It's pronounced DAY un.

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