Etymology

Devin

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Today it means: A surname from Irish, variant of Devine. An Anglicisation of Irish Ó Damháin (“(descendant of a person named) Fawn”). Full definition →

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The story

* As an Irish, English, and French surname, spelling variant of Devine. Also see Devon. * Also as a French surname, from devin (“fortuneteller”). * As a Russian surname, from дева (deva, “maiden”).

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