DeWitt (name)

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DeWitt or Dewitt is a concatenated primarily American form of the Dutch surname De Witt or De Wit, both meaning "the white (one)", "the blond (one)". It also became a popular given name following the New York Governorship of DeWitt Clinton, whose mother Mary DeWitt was a descendant of the Dutch patrician De Witt family. People with the name include:

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