Devin
[ˈdɛvɪn]Meaning
English unisex name from the Irish surname Devin; also from Old French devin "divine"
Background Story
Devin is an English-language unisex given name with more than one origin. One is the surname Devin, the Irish one being an anglicization of the patronymic Ó Damháin, from damán allaid, meaning "fawn" or "poet". A separate root is a nickname from Old French devin, "divine", from Latin dīvīnus. As a masculine name it was popular in the United States from the 1980s to the 2000s, peaking at rank 59 in 1997, and feminine use peaked in 1991 at rank 238.
Temperament
Variations
Deven, Devon
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