Divine

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 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◐

Divine is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name10K records spelled Divine5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Congo - Kinshasa, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Divìñę, Dìvíñë, Dîvîñè

• Indonesian given name1.4K records spelled Divine4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Congo - Kinshasa, Nigeria

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Dïvīnë, Dïvîñé

• a separate given name892 records spelled Divine2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Nigeria, Cameroon

  Also written Diviné

63 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●

Divine is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, feminine singular of divin

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, inflection of divinar:

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, prophetically, by divine inspiration

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, feminine plural of divino

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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) — 47 years between 1976–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Divine Brownb. 1974CACanadian singer
• Sheek Louchb. 1976USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper (born 1974)
• Divine Odudurub. 1996NGNigerian sprinter
• Divine Naahb. 1996GHGhanaian footballer
• Divine Deablob. 1998USAmerican football player (born 1998)
• Divine Oladipob. 1998GBBritish athlete
• Remab. 2000NGnot in their usual nameNigerian singer-songwriter and rapper (2000–)
• Divine Teahb. 2006LRLiberian footballer (born 2006)
• Divine Mukasab. 2007GBEnglish footballer
• Divine Love Konadu-SunAmerican 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 · 380 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Divine?

We estimate roughly 3.6 thousand people bear Divine (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Divine have the most bearers?

Divine is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled divine.

How common is Divine compared with other names?

In the Congo - Kinshasa, Divine is the 52nd most common given name of 18,770 given names recorded there.

Is Divine a male or female name?

Divine 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 Divine mean?

Recorded meaning: Of or pertaining to a god.