Given name & surname

Devere

Devere is a surname from French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Devere comes from French.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From French Devere.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Devere through the years

Babies since 1880
705
705 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1916
26 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Devere in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1912–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 360 as a first name in 2020; 678 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Devere’s family of names

Devere has a related form in Deverell.

Walk Devere’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Sibling ideas

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