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 [ 2 syll. de-vin, dev-in ] The girl name Devin is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced DEHVIHN KEY. Devin's origin is Celtic, and its use, English and Irish. The meaning of Devin is 'poet; fawn; little dark one'. Derived from devin 'poet' ; dubh 'dark, black'. See Devin for more info. Forms of the name include the English names Devan, Devlin, Devlyn, and Devyn. In addition, Devin is a spelling variant of the English Devon. Devin is an uncommon baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1991, 0.057% of baby girls were named Devin. It was #238 in rank then. The baby name has seen a steep drop in frequency since then, and is currently of only irregular use. Within all girl names in its family, Devin was nevertheless the most frequently used in 2008. In the last century Devin has primarily been a boy name. In 2005, 16 times more boys than girls were given the name Devin. Baby names that sound like Devin include the English Devyn, the Hebrew Dafna, the English Dafnee, the English Daphine, the English Daphna, the English and German Daphne, the English Daphnee, the English Daphney, the French Daphné, the English Daphnie, the English Devan, the English Devon, the English Devonne, the Slavic Divna, the Albanian and Slavic Dafina, the English, German, and Italian Dafne, the English Daphiny, the English Davena, the English and Scottish Davina, and the English Davinia. KEY: Pronunciation for Devin: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
