# Devin vs Devon

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Devin
*name · IPA /ˈdɛvɪn/ · frequency rank #20,333*
A surname from Irish. An Anglicisation of Irish Ó Damháin (“(descendant of a person named) Fawn”).

### Devon
*name · IPA /ˈdɛv.ən/ · frequency rank #9,033*
A county of England bordered by Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devin-vs-devon