Boy · Irish surname
Devin
Say it: DEV-in
Meaning
From an Irish surname, Ó Damháin 'descendant of Damhán' (a diminutive of damh 'stag, ox'), and partly from the English county name Devon.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
A 20th-century American first name, popular in the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1990s
In the United States
- 169,897 babies given this name since 1947
- At its height in 1995, about 1 in 308 boys
- 857 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Devon, Devan, Deven
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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