# Devine

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #27,806

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. A placename
3. A placename

## Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of either of two Irish surnames, Ó Duibhín (“descendant of Duibhín”), a byname from a hypocoristic form of dubh (“black”), or Ó Daimhín (“descendant of Daimhín”), a byname from a hypocoristic form of damh (“stag”).

## Easily confused with
- **dine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devine-vs-dine)
- **Devon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devine-vs-devon)
- **divine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devine-vs-divine)
- **divide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devine-vs-divide)
- **diving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devine-vs-diving)
- **devote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devine-vs-devote)
- **devise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devine-vs-devise)
- **Devlin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devine-vs-devlin)
- **Devito** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devine-vs-devito)
- **devised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devine-vs-devised)
- **devi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devi-vs-devine)
- **devil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devil-vs-devine)
- **Devin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devin-vs-devine)
- **Deane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deane-vs-devine)
- **decide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decide-vs-devine)
- **device** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/device-vs-devine)
- **desire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desire-vs-devine)
- **define** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/define-vs-devine)
- **devils** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devils-vs-devine)
- **demise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demise-vs-devine)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ddevine`, `deivne`, `devien`, `devinne`, `devnie`, `devvine`, `dveine`, `edvine`

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