Devon

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◐

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

• Arabic given name2.9K records spelled Devon16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Egypt, Israel, United Kingdom

  Languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic

  Also written Devo, דבון, Davon, De'Von, Dévö

• Thai given name617 records spelled Devon10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Thailand, Canada, Laos

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written ดีวอน, Deewon, Dewon, เดวอน, ดวอน

• Russian given name603 records spelled Devon8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Девон, DeVaughn, Devón

• Croatian given name521 records spelled Devon7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Croatia

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Девон

53 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●

Devon is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• De Devonshire, región del sur de Inglaterra

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In French, Poisson ou insecte artificiel muni de plusieurs hameçons employé pour servir d’appât dans un type de pêche appelée « au roulant » qui se pratique dans le Devon (ou Devonshire), comté du sud de l’Angleterre dont la ville principale est Plymouth. Pour Littré, c’est une race de bœufs.

  as a name·2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)

• In English, river, Nottinghamshire, England

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, former county, England; river,

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, Scotland

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 112 years between 1914–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jon Pertweeb. 1919GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actor (1919–1996)
• Cliff Curtisb. 1968NZnot in their usual nameNew Zealand actor
• Devon Sawab. 1978CACanadian actor
• Devon Gummersallb. 1978USAmerican actor
• Devon Aokib. 1982USAmerican actress and fashion model
• Devon Grayeb. 1987USAmerican actor
• Devon Murrayb. 1988IEIrish actor
• Devon Bostickb. 1991CACanadian actor
• Devon Terrellb. 1992USAmerican–Australian actor
• Devon Gearhartb. 1995USAmerican actor

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 · 732 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Devon?

We estimate roughly 63 thousand people bear Devon (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Devon have the most bearers?

We estimate about 61 thousand people bear Devon in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled devon.

Where is Devon most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Devon is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 594 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Devon compared with other names?

In the United States, Devon is the 667th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Devon a male or female name?

Devon is a male 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 Devon mean?

Recorded meaning: the name of the southwestern English county