Given name & surname · also Middle English
Devereux
Devereux is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Anglo-Norman. It is used in English and Middle English.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Devereux comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Anglo-Norman.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
It entered given-name use through an existing surname.
The story
Its naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Devereux through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 37
- 37 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 9 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,507 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.
Devereux’s family of names
In English usage, Devereux as a surname has a related form in DEVREUX.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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