English Explanatory Dictionary

Devine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A placename
  3. An unincorporated community in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States.
  4. A city in Medina County, Texas, United States.

Word forms

Devine Devines Devens Divens

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of either of two Irish surnames, Ó Duibhín (“descendant of Duibhín”), a byname from a hypocoristic form of dubh (“black”), or Ó Daimhín (“descendant of Daimhín”), a byname from a hypocoristic form of damh (“stag”).

Related words

Divine
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