What Is The Meaning Of The Name Devon?

This is sometimes given to both boys and girls (more often girls) in North America, though it is very rare otherwise. It is a place name, and like a lot of place names it became a surname before being sometimes used as a first name.

Originally the surname Devon probably indicated that the bearer came from the county of Devon in south-west England. The county name itself derives from the name of an ancient British tribe, the Dumnonii. It probably means "Worshippers of the god Dumnonos." The name Dumnonos has a connection with the meaning "deep" (possibly because the Dumnonii were valley people.)

As a girl's name, Devon is sometimes spelled Devonne; in that case it is pronounced de-VON.