Devin (name)
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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"
Given name
- Devin Booker (born 1996), American National Basketball Association player
- Devin Booker (basketball, born 1991), American basketball player playing in Germany
- Devin Clark (born 1986), American former football player
- Devin Copeland (born 1970), American rapper who uses the stage name Devin the Dude
- Devin Davis (musician), American indie musician
- Devin Davis (basketball) (born 1974), American/Spanish basketball player
- Devin Fuller (born 1994), American National Football League player
- Devin Funchess (born 1994), American National Football League player
- Devin Harris (born 1983), American National Basketball Association player
- Devin Hester (born 1982), American National Football League player
- Devin Kelley (born 1986), American actress
- Devin McCourty (born 1987), American National Football League player
- Devin Nunes (born 1973), American politician
- Devin Ratray (born 1977), American actor
- Devin Setoguchi (born 1987), Canadian hockey player
- Devin Smith (basketball) (born 1983), American basketball player in the Israeli Super League
- Devin Smith (American football) (born 1992), American National Football League player
- Devin Tailes (born 1989), American singer better known by her stage name Dev
- Devin Thomas (born 1986), American former National Football League player
- Devin Toner (born 1986), Irish rugby union player
- Devin Townsend (born 1972), Canadian musician, songwriter and record producer
- Devin Tyler (born 1986), American football player, formerly in the Canadian Football League
- Devin Wenig (born 1966), American businessman, CEO of eBay
Surname
- Thomas Devin (1822-1878), American brevet major general
- William A. Devin (1871–1959), American jurist, Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
See also
Citations
References
- Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006) [1990]. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
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