Dewar Family History
Dewar Name Meaning
Scottish:: from Gaelic Mac an Deoraidh ‘son of the pilgrim or sojourner’. Perhaps also an occupational name for a custodian of holy relics (which was normally a hereditary office) from Gaelic deoradh ‘pilgrim stranger’. habitational name from Dewar a place near Dalkeith of uncertain origin.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022