Devaughn
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 30 babies a year in the US.
Devaughn by the numbers
Devaughn was given to 30 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 135 babies in 1993, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Devaughn
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 Devaughn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Davaughnbeloved; a form of David11 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Devaughn
Names that are said the same way as Devaughn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Devindescendant of Damhán; fawn-like1,132 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)
- Devandivine or godly; from Devan21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Devendescendant of Damhán; fawn-like; a spelling variant of Devin89 in the US (2017)
- Devinedivine; variant of Divine30 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Devaughn
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