Devin means poet or divine — from the Irish Gaelic damh (poet/bard) or the Latin divinus (divine). Devin Booker is one of the NBA's most exciting players. The name bridges Irish-poetic with Latin-divine. Two syllables of NBA-exciting, Irish-bard, and the most compact poet-divine bridge.
Irish Gaelic damh (poet) or Latin divinus (divine)→Devin
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Gaelic / Irish roots
Devin comes from Irish (poet) or Latin (divine). Devin Booker is one of the NBA's most exciting players.
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First recorded
Earliest known use: Irish/Latin; Devin Booker (born 1996).
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Today
Devin remains a beloved choice, ranking #375 in the US. 173,156 babies have been named Devin since 1947.
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How popular is Devin?
1998peak year
The name Devin reached its peak in 1998, with 6,218 registrations (ranked #62). It had been quietly building for over half a century before that, first appearing in records in 1947. Since the peak, the name has eased to around #375 today, averaging about 1,008 new babies per year. Devin has been declining in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 173,156 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
Devin's Life Path 5 is the adventurer's number — poet-divine adventure. People named Devin tend to be smooth, exciting, and gifted at being the poet-divine bridge.
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