Boy · Celtic, through English
Devon
Say it: DEV-un
Meaning
From the English county name, from the Celtic tribal name Dumnonii, perhaps 'people of the land' or 'people of the deep'; also a variant of Devin.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Used for boys and some girls in the US, especially from the 1980s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1990s
In the United States
- 91,388 babies given this name since 1914
- At its height in 1995, about 1 in 611 boys
- 431 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Devin, Devan
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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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