Given name & surname

Devy

Devy is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Devy 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 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Devy through the years

Babies since 1880
27
0 boys · 27 girls
Most popular year
1960
27 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0510151960198020002025Highest share 19600.0
Devy in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1960–2025, per million girls 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 girls is 27 in 1960. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 167 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.

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The ring: spellings.

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

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

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

Biblical

Debbie

“bee”

24RareRising

>99% girls

Mythological

Dori

“a gift of God” · “of the ancient Greek tribe, the Dorians”

21RareRising fast

>99% girls

Latin

Delphine

“woman from Delphi; resembling a dolphin”

30RareSteady

>99% girls

French

Denise

“follower of Dionysus”

42UncommonEasing

>99% girls

Greek · Mythological

Dea

“resembling a goddess”

23RareSteady

>99% girls

Biblical

Debra

“bee”

27RareEasing

>99% girls

Irish · Celtic

Deirdre

“a brokenhearted or raging woman”

18Very rareEasing

>99% girls

English

Peri

Peri is a surname. It is used in English and Finnish.

23RareEasing

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

A brother for Devy

A sister for Devy