Dervin
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Dervin by the numbers
Dervin was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Dervin
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 Dervin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Devindescendant of Damhán; fawn-like1,132 in the US (2017)
- Derwindear friend; a form of Darwin12 in the US (2017)
- Darvin27 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)
- Darwindear friend or beloved friend270 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Dervin
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