Devine
Feminine · “Irish "descendant of Damhán”
Devine is given to both — 784 girls and 835 boys since 1880. See Devine as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Devine is either an Irish surname or the word divine respelled, and the two are genuinely hard to separate. Ó Daimhín is a real Ulster family name; divine with an e is also exactly how an American family would write the word if they wanted it to read as a name rather than as an adjective.
How old is the name Devine?
Devine first appears in US birth records in 1979 — 46 years ago. The typical Devine alive today was born around 2005, making them about 20 years old. About 800 people named Devine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Devine most popular?
Devine peaked in 2001, reaching #3631 nationally. Today it ranks #7133, 3,502 places below that high. See the whole 2001 chart.
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Where it comes from
From damhán to Devine
The story of Devine
Word names spelled slightly wrong are a recognizable American category — Nevaeh, Trinity, Serenity, Heavenly, Devine, Precious — and the respelling is what makes them usable. Divine as written is an adjective and reads as a claim; Devine reads as a surname and lets the meaning sit underneath rather than on top. The 2001 American peak places it alongside Nevaeh and Trinity, both of which rose in the same years, and all three belong to the same impulse: religious vocabulary given as a name, with a spelling that softens the assertion.
Meaningscholars disagree
Irish "descendant of Damhán"; or the English word divine
The Irish surname Ó Daimhín comes from damhán, a fawn or small stag, and is anglicized as Devine, Davin and Devaney. The English word divine is from Latin divinus, of a god. Both are live sources for the modern given name and the spelling does not distinguish them. The Irish reading is the older; the word reading is probably the more common intention.
How the name formed
- damhán
- Ó Daimhín
- Devine
Related forms: Ó Daimhín
Pronouncing Devine
duh-VINE
Two syllables with the stress on the second, said exactly like the English word. The Irish surname is said the same way in its anglicized form; the original Ó Daimhín is closer to oh-DAV-een.
Nicknames for Devine
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1979
- Most girls named
- 200136 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3631reached in 2001
- Change vs 2024
- +25.0%15 in 2025, from 12
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Devine in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ó Daimhín in Irish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas.
Devines among us
people named Devine are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 107,151 born in 2025 was named Devine
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Tynia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Devine's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Tynia climbed just as high around 1963, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Tynia's path sketches the road Devine is walking now.
Devine sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Devine beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Devine in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It has a genuine Irish surname behind one of its readings.
- The respelling lets the word meaning sit quietly rather than announcing itself.
- It is impossible to mispronounce.
- The word divine is a large claim to place on a person.
- It reads as a surname to anyone Irish.
- Devine, Divine and Devyne all appear in the records.
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Devine
Feminine · #7133 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Devines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Devine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Devine in 2025?
- Devine ranks #7133 among US girl names in 2025, with 15 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Devine?
- About 1 in every 107,151 US girls born in 2025 was named Devine — 15 in all.
- Will my child share the name Devine with classmates?
- Devine will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Devine
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