Meaning & origin
What it means
Devenport is a form of Davenport. As an English surname, Davenport goes back to Welsh dafn, meaning “trickle, drop.”
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Where it comes from
Devenport is a form of Davenport. Davenport has more than one origin: as an English surname, it comes from Middle English Devennport; as an Irish surname, it goes back to a word meaning “descendant of Donndubhartach”.
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Devenport’s family of names
In English usage, Devenport as a surname has a related form in DAVENPORT.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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