Deaven

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Deaven by the numbers

Deaven was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 40 babies in 2003, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Deaven

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Deaven. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Devendescendant of Damhán; fawn-like; a spelling variant of Devin89 in the US (2017)
  • Davenbeloved; a modern form of David41 in the US (2017)
  • Denverfrom Denafær, green valley488 in the US (2017)
  • Devonfrom devonshire or the devon valley484 in the US (2017)
  • Devynfawn-like; a modern respelling of Devin313 in the US (2017)
  • Davinbeloved; a form of David146 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Deaven

Names that are said the same way as Deaven, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Devindescendant of Damhán; fawn-like1,132 in the US (2017)
  • Devandivine or godly; from Devan21 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Defnelaurel tree26 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Devinedivine; variant of Divine30 in the US (2017)
  • Devynn32 in the US (2017)
  • Devaughn30 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Deaven

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