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Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • English : From Devonshire

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Poet

How Popular Is The Name Devan

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duibhín or Ó Daimhín (see Devine).
  • Indian (Kerala, Tamil Nadu) : Hindu name from Sanskrit deva ‘god’ + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n. This is only a given name in India, but has come to be used as a family name in the U.S.

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