Given name & surname

Deville

Deville is a surname from French. It is used in English and French.

Original FrenchVille

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Deville comes from French.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From French Deville.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Deville through the years

Babies since 1880
16
16 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1977
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
—
Too few births to compare
01234198020002025Highest share 19770.0
Deville in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1977–2025, 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 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 104 as a first name in 2020; 3,685 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.

Deville’s family of names

In French usage, Deville as a surname has a related form in Ville. In French usage, Deville as a surname has a related form in De Ville.

Walk Deville’s family in the name graph

DevilleVilleDe Ville

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

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

Similar names

If you love Deville, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

French

Demille

DeMille is a surname from French.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

French

Antwine

Antwine is a surname from French.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Portuguese

Tavares

Tavares is a surname from Portuguese. It is used in English, French, and Portuguese.

22RareEasing

>99% boys

French

Grandon

Grandon is a surname, probably from French.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Spanish

Eladio

“a man from Greece”

22RareRising fast

>99% boys

French

Twan

Twan is a masculine given name from French. It is used in Dutch.

0Not recently recorded

89% boys · 11% girls

Italian · Virtue

Giuseppe

“God will add” · “God shall add”

42UncommonSteady

>99% boys

French

Delon

Delon is a surname from French. It is used in English and French.

21RareSteady

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Deville’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Deville

A sister for Deville