The devon Surname
devon Name Meaning and History
- English: regional name for someone from the county of Devon. In origin, this is from an ancient British tribal name, Latin Dumnonii, perhaps meaning ‘worshipers of the god Dumnonos’.
- Irish (County Louth): variant of Devine.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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