Devlin Forename

151,525th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 2,399 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Malawi

Devlin Forename Definition:

A Celtic name, meaning: Raging valor.

Devlin Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
85%
 
1,0621:341,37210,188
Indonesia-3181:811,20753,359
South Africa
98%
 
3061:178,21111,927
Malawi
100%
2331:73,4434,317
Canada
100%
1081:306,7909,785
Brazil
100%
741:2,895,08354,166
Philippines
76%
 
521:2,038,64445,226
England
97%
 
461:1,208,75918,637
Netherlands
100%
441:384,13810,738
India
72%
 
231:52,820,781884,653
Australia-191:718,8229,906
Malaysia
50%
 
181:1,691,66351,518
Venezuela
100%
121:2,516,82441,518
Thailand
100%
81:8,758,227128,595
Russia
100%
81:18,029,21355,117
Wales
100%
61:515,7186,554
Scotland
100%
51:1,070,07310,235
Sweden
50%
 
41:2,464,47734,955
China-31:455,351,92789,064
Trinidad and Tobago-31:453,80618,410
Mexico
100%
31:41,381,47674,307
Honduras-31:2,939,15620,066
Namibia-21:1,202,09012,702
New Zealand-21:2,268,02212,390
Guyana-21:381,63118,312
Germany-21:48,338,93872,742
France-21:33,235,17058,100
Belgium
100%
21:5,745,02030,381
Albania
100%
21:1,523,28533,816
Singapore
100%
11:6,287,05439,645
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Switzerland
100%
11:8,213,49636,387
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Ireland
60%
 
11:4,643,51913,375
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Costa Rica-11:4,767,94827,206
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Gabon
100%
11:1,883,3364,538
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Italy
 
67%
11:61,062,09083,289
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Nigeria
100%
11:177,564,360489,087
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620

Devlin (43,880) may also be a surname.

Devlin Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Celtic name, meaning: Raging valor.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Devlin Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Devlin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Devlin in the Russian language
Девлинdevlin-

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