Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Devern isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Devern through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 44
- 44 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1931
- 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 5 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1931. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 109 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Devern
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Devern, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
Delmar
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>99% boys
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“a dark stranger”
>99% boys
Delano
“from”
>99% boys
Lavern
Lavern is a unisex given name.
>99% boys
Elwin
“a friend of the elves”
>99% boys
Deo
“a godly man”
>99% boys