Meaning & Origin
A county of England bordered by Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel.
Devon is a boy's and girl's baby name of Celtic origin, derived from the English county of Devon, whose name comes from the ancient tribe Dumnonii, meaning 'deep valley dwellers' or 'miners.' It has been used as a given name since at least the 1970s.
Devon has a breezy, outdoorsy quality that works for both boys and girls — it evokes rolling green hills and rugged coastlines. It peaked in the United States in the 1990s, part of the era's enthusiasm for place-names and geographic names as given names.