Devon (given name)

This article is about the name in which the first syllable is usually stressed. For usual stress on the second, see DeVon.

Devon

Pronunciation	/ˈdɛvən/
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Meaning	After the English county Devon, from the surname Devon
Other names
Related names	Devin, Devyn

The given name Devon is of uncertain origin. It may be derived from either the English county Devon, or from the surname Devon. A feminine variant of the name is Devonne. ^[1]

People

• Devon Alexander (born 1987), American boxer
• Devon Allen (born 1994), American athlete
• Devon Allman (born 1972), vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist, and songwriter
• Devon Anderson (Devon Carlo Anderson, born 1987), English actor
• Devon Aoki (Devon Edwenna Aoki, born 1982), Japanese-American supermodel and actress
• Devon Bailey (born 1991), Canadian football player
• Devon Beitzel (born 1988), American professional basketball point guard
• Devon Bostick (born 1991), Canadian actor
• Devon Briggs (born 2004), New Zealand para-cyclist
• Devon Conway (born 1991), New Zealand cricketer
• Devon Dampier (born 2004), American football player
• Devon Dotson (born 1999), American basketball player
• Devon Gearhart (born 1995), American actor
• Devon Gummersall (Devon Ryan Gummersall, born 1978), American television and film actor
• Devon Higgs (born 2000), American basketball player
• Devon Hughes (aka 'Brother Devon' and 'D-Von Dudley', born 1972), American wrestler
• Devon Kershaw (born 1982), Canadian cross-country skier
• Devon Key (born 1997), American football player
• Devon Larratt (born 1975), Canadian professional armwrestler
• Devon Levi (born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player
• Devon Malcolm (Devon Eugene Malcolm, born 1963), English cricketer
• Devon (rapper) (Devon Martin), Canadian rapper
• Devon McDaniel, Jamaican politician
• Devon McTavish (born 1984), American soccer player
• Devon Morris (born 1961), Jamaican sprinter
• Devon Murray (Devon Michael Murray, born 1988), Irish actor who plays Seamus Finnigan in the Harry Potter movies
• Devon Nicholson (born 1982), Canadian professional wrestler
• Devon Odessa (born 1974), American actress and film producer
• Devon Price, American social psychologist and writer
• Devon (actress) (born 1977), American porn actress
• Devon Russell (died 1997), Jamaican rocksteady and reggae singer and record producer
• Devon Saal, South African professional footballer for Milano United
• Devon Sandoval, American soccer player forward for Major League Soccer Real Salt Lake
• Devon Sawa (Devon Edward Sawa, born 1978), Canadian actor
• Devon Seron (Devon May Natividad Seron, born 1993), Filipina actress
• Devon Smith (Devon Sheldon Smith, born 1981), West Indian cricketer
• Devon Soltendieck (born 1985), Canadian MuchMusic VJ
• Devon (singer) (Devon Song, born 1980), lead male vocalist in Taiwanese band Nan Quan Ma Ma
• Devon Sproule (born 1982), American musician
• Devon Storm (Chris Ford), American wrestler
• Devon Teuscher, American ballet dancer
• Devon Thomas, West Indian cricketer from Antigua
• Devon Torrence, American football cornerback and National Football League free agent
• Devon Travis, American professional baseball Toronto Blue Jays second baseman
• Devon van Oostrum, British basketball player for Laboral Kutxa of the Spanish League
• Devon Werkheiser (Devon Joseph Werkheiser, born 1991), American actor and singer
• Devon White (baseball) (Devon Markes White or "Devo", born 1962), Jamaican American baseball player
• Devon White (footballer) (born 1964), English footballer
• Devon Williams, South African rugby union player
• Devon Williamson, New Zealand playwright
• Devon Windsor, American model
• Devon Witherspoon (born 2000), American football player
• Devon Wylie, American football wide receiver for the NFL San Francisco 49ers

Fictional characters

• Devon, from the Disney's Pixar film Turning Red
• Devon Daniels, one of the main characters in Power Rangers Beast Morphers
• Devon D'Marco, from the Netflix original series Project Mc²
• Devon Evans, from the USA/Syfy television series, Chucky , based on the Child's Play media franchise
• Devon Blaine Marks, protagonist of The New Kid, the third story in Five Nights at Freddy's Fazbear Frights
• Devon Miles, the head of the Foundation for Law and Government in the original Knight Rider series
• Devon Scout-Hale, from the Apple TV+ drama "Severance"
• Devon White, from the US TV series The Office
• Devon Woodcomb, from the US TV series Chuck

See also

• De’Von Achane (born 2001), American football player
• Devin (name)

References

1. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 75.

• Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006) [1990]. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-861060-1.