# Devin

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈdɛvɪn/ · frequency rank #20,333

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish. An Anglicisation of Irish Ó Damháin (“(descendant of a person named) Fawn”).
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, or a variant of Devon.
3. A female given name.

## Etymology
* 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **DIN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devin-vs-din)
- **devs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devin-vs-devs)
- **devo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devin-vs-devo)
- **drain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devin-vs-drain)
- **Devon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devin-vs-devon)
- **Devos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devin-vs-devos)
- **divine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devin-vs-divine)
- **diving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devin-vs-diving)
- **devoid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devin-vs-devoid)
- **devise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devin-vs-devise)
- **Devlin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devin-vs-devlin)
- **Devine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devin-vs-devine)
- **Devito** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devin-vs-devito)
- **den** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/den-vs-devin)
- **dev** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dev-vs-devin)
- **DEI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dei-vs-devin)
- **dean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dean-vs-devin)
- **deli** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deli-vs-devin)
- **Desi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desi-vs-devin)
- **devi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devi-vs-devin)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddevin`, `deivn`, `devinn`, `devni`, `devvin`, `dvein`, `edvin`

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