Devin (name)
The unisex given name Devin is of Irish origin, derived from the surname Devin. The surname is in turn derived from the Irish Ó Damháin, meaning "descendant of Damhán". The byname Damhán means "fawn".[1]
French connotations
The epithet Devyn in Old French carried the meaning of 'divine' (Mod. Fr. divin). It was given to the highest of kings, as a title conveying the sense of a perfect or flawless being. A descendent of the Latin dīvīnus, Old French devin ultimately derives from the name of the Proto-Indo-European god Dyēus (q.v.), followed by the Greco-Latin suffix -īnus: thus a combined meaning of 'godlike' or 'godly'.
In Modern French, devyn refers to a man who divines; a soothsayer (a female soothsayer would be a devineresse). This sense, again, comes from the Latin dīvīnus, while Old French devin (Godly) has shifted to the modern 'd i v i n' spelling. Devyn is also of Indian (Hindu) origin meaning "resembling a God"
People named Devin
- Devin Alexander, chef and media personality
- Devin Copeland, rapper who uses the stage name Devin the Dude
- Devin Fuller, American football player
- Devin Funchess, NFL player
- Devin Harris, NBA player
- Devin Hester, return specialist for the Atlanta Falcons
- Devin Kelley, actress
- Devin Lima, member of pop trio LFO
- Devin Lytle, member of Team StarKid
- Devin McCourty, NFL Player
- Devin Meyer, former manager of The Beatles
- Devin Horwitz, producer/owner of record label Nature Sounds
- Devin Oliver, member of the electronicore band I See Stars
- Devin Ratray, actor
- Devin Alexander (D.A.) Sebasstian, singer-musician of the band Kill Switch...Klick, Writer & Director of Rat Rod Rockers! and Hot Rod Girls Save The World
- Devin Setoguchi, hockey player
- Devin Smith, American basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Super League
- Devin Smith (American football), American football player
- Devin Sola, bassist of Motionless in White
- Devin Tailes, singer better known by her stage name Dev.
- Devin Tait, former member of the rock/new wave band Shitting Glitter
- Devin Thomas, NFL player
- Devin Toner, Irish rugby union player.
- Devin Townsend, musician
- Devin Tyler, CFL player
- Devin Weston, Character of GTA V
- Devin Clark, Owner of NGG, LLC
- Devin Booker, NBA player
See also
Citations
References
- Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006) [1990]. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.