Devika

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Devaki in IN India, MY Malaysia, IT Italy and 1 more, เทวิกา in TH Thailand and Debika in BD Bangladesh.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Devika is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name824 records spelled Devika4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Dēvika, Dēvikā, Devikā

• English (Trinidad & Tobago) given name454 records spelled Devika2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Trinidad & Tobago

  Also written Dëvîkå

• Russian surname80 records spelled Devika7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, United States, India

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Девика, Девіка

• Croatian given name67 records spelled Devika6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian

  Also written Dévika

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Devika is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, weibl. Vom. indischer Herkunft, Ver­ kleinerung von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 82 years between 1899–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Devika Ranib. 1908INIndian actress (1908-1994)
• Devikab. 1943INIndian actress
• Devika Strookerb. 1963NLDutch actress (born 1963)
• Devika Parikhb. 1966USAmerican actress
• Åsa Coenraadsb. 1978SEnot in their usual nameSwedish politician
• Devika Bhagatb. 1979INIndian screenwriter
• Devika Palshikarb. 1979INcricketer
• Devika Bhiseb. 1995USAmerican actor
• Devika Vaidyab. 1997INcricketer
• Devika Sihagb. 2005INbadminton player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 233 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Devika?

We estimate roughly 2.7 thousand people bear Devika (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.

In which country does Devika have the most bearers?

Devika is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled devaki.

Where is Devika most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Devika is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 1.1 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

How common is Devika compared with other names?

In India, Devika is the 613th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Devika a male or female name?

Devika is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Devika mean?

Recorded meaning: Sanskrit: a little goddess