Dews Family History
Dews Name Meaning
English:: shortened form of Dewhurst . variant of Dew with post-medieval excrescent -s. variant of Devis a habitational name from Devizes in Wiltshire Old French devise ‘(place on) the boundaries’. variant of Dewis perhaps a habitational name from Ewyas Harold or Ewyas Lacy in Herefordshire both from a Welsh name meaning ‘sheep district’ with Anglo-Norman French fused preposition de.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022