Devra
Feminine
Devra is almost certainly a very old name with its middle squeezed out, arriving in English through households that said it that way for generations. The woman it goes back to held court under a tree that people came a long way to find.
How old is the name Devra?
Devra first appears in US birth records in 1944 — 81 years ago. The typical Devra alive today was born around 1964, making them about 61 years old. About 700 people named Devra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Devra most popular?
Devra peaked in 1955, reaching #1803 nationally. See the whole 1955 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Devra
The book of Judges says that she sat under a particular palm tree between two towns in the hill country, and that the Israelites came up to her there for judgment. The detail is oddly specific and it stuck: the tree is named, located and treated as a fixed point on the map, which is how legal geography worked before there were buildings for it. Courts were held at recognizable landmarks, under trees, at fords, on hilltops, and everybody knew where to go. The Anglo-Saxons did the same thing; a great many English hundred courts met at a named tree or stone. The story is about a judge and a general, and the small piece that survives longest is the address.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Deborah is the near-certain parent and its Hebrew sense is documented. This form is not documented directly, and whether it came through Yiddish speech or through ordinary English shortening is not recorded.
Pronouncing Devra
DEV-ruh
Two syllables with the stress in front. Deborah has three on paper and often two in speech, which is what this spelling records.
Nicknames for Devra
Limited
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
- 1944
- Most girls named
- 195534 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1803reached in 1955
- Change vs 1994
- −14.3%6 in 1995, from 7
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.
Devra in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Devorah in Hebrew — transliteration
Devras among us
people named Devra are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Devra sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is short, spelled as it sounds, and read correctly at first sight by nearly everyone.
- It writes the name the way it is actually said, which is a defensible thing for a spelling to do.
- Dev comes off the front as a short form and works for either sex.
- Debra and Deborah are both far commoner, so this spelling will be corrected regularly.
- It will be heard as Debra by almost anybody catching it once.
- No origin is documented directly, so the meaning question belongs to the longer name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Devras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Devra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Devra in 2025?
- Devra is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Devra with classmates?
- Devra will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More D names
The most-given names starting with D, all years combined.
Dorothy#421 · Donna#1962 · Deborah#862 · Debra#4460 · Diane#2607 · Doris#2895 · Denise#1673 · Danielle#549
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