Given name & surname
Devonshire
Devonshire is a surname from Old English.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Old English Defenasċīr, built from English Devon + shire.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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84% boys · 16% girls
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