Devin (first name)
The name Devin is a male as well as female given name and has its origins in the Irish and the Goidelic languages . The name means something like bard ( bard ) or poet ( poet ). Other forms of the name include Devan or Deven , both of which also occur in India, or the less common Devyn . This also has partly Indian origins and means to resemble a god there too . Davinia is also considered the female version of the Devin , with the name having its roots in the name David .
French meaning
The epithet Devyn had in Old French the meaning of something divine, derived from the word divine (in Modern French : divin ) and was mainly used for great rulers and kings to represent the perfect and flawless existence. The descendant of the Latin dīvīnus , in Old French: devin , was ultimately derived from the proto-Indo-European god Dyēus and the Greco-Latin suffix -īnus , which together means godlike or divine . In modern French, devyn simply means a man who predicts something, a fortune teller ; the female version of devyn the devineresse would.
Turkish meaning
In Turkish , Devin is a male and female given name meaning "movement, impulse".
Name bearer
Devin
- Devin Britton (* 1991), American tennis player
- Devin Brown (* 1978), American basketball player
- Devin Copeland , known as Devin the Dude (born 1970), American rapper
- Devin Druid (* 1998), American actor
- Devin Ebanks (* 1989), American basketball player
- Devin Edgerton (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
- Devin Graham (* 1983), American filmmaker and photographer
- Devin Gray (* 1983), American jazz drummer
- Devin Grayson , American comic book writer
- Devin Harris (born 1983), American basketball player
- Devin Hester (born 1982), American football player
- Devin Hoff , American musician
- Devin Mullings (* 1985), Bahamian tennis player
- Devin Nunes (* 1973), American politician
- Devin Oliver , member of I See Stars
- Devin Ratray (* 1977), American actor and singer-songwriter
- Devin Setoguchi (* 1987), Canadian ice hockey player
- Devin Smith (basketball player) (born 1983), American basketball player
- Devin "Ghost" Sola , member of Motionless in White
- Devin Townsend (* 1972), Canadian musician, songwriter and record producer
- Devin Weston , fictional character in Grand Theft Auto V
Devyn
- Devyn Tyler (* around 1991), American film and stage actress