Devyn

Where Devyn comes from

The dictionaries list Devyn as a given name — a unisex given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1974
    First appearance
    #7,680 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1995
    Devyn Jambga born
    American soccer player
  3. 2000
    Devyn Nekoda born
    Canadian actress
  4. 2000
    Peak, #699
    335 babies named Devyn — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2009
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name
Namesakes
  • Devyn Nekoda · Canadian actress, born 2000
  • Devyn Jambga · American soccer player, born 1995
  • Devyn Garcia · American plus-size fashion model, born 2001

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.