Devin (name)

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Baroque oil-portrait. From the waist up: three clothed female figures in profile. She who sits to our left holds a classical lyre, she to our right, an open book of unlined writing paper. These sit shoulder-to-shoulder with the centre figure behind; only her head and neck are visible.
Harpistry, lyricism, and chronicling, all were greatly admired in the Irish poets of old: 18th century Irish painter, Hugh Douglas Hamilton, cast his patroness as the Three Muses in this allegorical oil-portrait.
The male or female name Devin is pronounced DEV-in. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is most commonly given as 'bard' or 'poet'. More common as a boy’s name, the feminine spelling is usually Devon. The name may also be spelt Devan, Deven, and rarely Devyn. The name Davinia may also be a female variant of Devin, though generally considered a variant of David.


French connotations

The epithet Devyn in Old French carried the meaning of 'divine' (Mod. Fr. divin). It was given to the highest of kings, as a title conveying the sense of a perfect or flawless being. A descendent of the Latin dīvīnus, Old French devin ultimately derives from the name of the Proto-Indo-European god Dyēus (q.v.), followed by the Greco-Latin suffix -īnus: thus a combined meaning of 'godlike' or 'godly'.

In Modern French, devyn refers to a man who divines; a soothsayer (a female soothsayer would be a devineresse). This sense, again, comes from the Latin dīvīnus, while Old French devin (Godly) has shifted to the modern 'd i v i n' spelling. Devyn is also of Indian (Hindu) origin meaning "resembling a God"

People named Devin

People named Devyn

  • Devyn Abdullah, Model and 1st winner of “The Face” competition
  • Devyn A. Tyler, Actress, known for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ( 2008)
  • Devyn Quinn, Author
  • Devyn Waitt, Director, Writer, Cinematographer
  • Devyn Burton, Author


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