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English (Devon)
English (Devon) : habitational name from any of the five villages of this name in Devon or from Loscombe in Powerstock, Dorset, all probably named from Old English hlÅse ‘pigsty’ + cumb ‘valley’ (see Coombe).
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English form of Greek Diabolos, DEVIL means "accuser, slanderer." In the bible, this is a title for Satan, the prince of demons and author of evil, who estranges men from God and entices them to sin. Figuratively, the devil is a man who, by opposing the cause of God, may be said to act the part of the devil or to side with him.
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English
Variant spelling of English unisex Devon, DEVEN means "worshiper of the god Dumnonos."Â
Female
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Damhnait, DEVNET means "little fawn."
Female
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Devorah, DEVORA means "bee."
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English (mainly Devon and Cornwall)
English (mainly Devon and Cornwall) : variant spelling of Mitchell.
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English (Devon)
English (Devon) : habitational name from any of numerous places, for example in Derbyshire, Devon, Hampshire, Norfolk, Staffordshire, and Surrey, named in Old English as ‘mill ford’, from mylen ‘mill’ (see Mill) + ford ‘ford’.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair ‘descendant of Maolgfhoghmhair’, a personal name meaning ‘chief of harvest’. The Gaelic name was first Anglicized as Mullover, which was later assimilated to Milford.
Male
English
English unisex name derived from the county name, from a British tribal name, DEVON means "worshiper of the god Dumnonos."Â
Female
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Debowrah, DEVORAH means "bee."Â
Male
English
French surname transferred to English forename use, DEVEREUX means "from Evreux." Evreux is a commune of Normandy, France which got its name from the Eburovices, the name of a gallic tribe, meaning "those which overcome by the yew."Â Yew wood was used to make weapons: bows, arrows, spears, etc.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English unisex Devon, DEVAN means "worshiper of the god Dumnonos."Â
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English (Devon)
English (Devon) : from the rare Old English masculine personal name Mocca, which may be related to a Germanic stem mokk- ‘to accumulate’, ‘to be heaped up’, and hence may originally have been a nickname for a heavy, thickset person. Alternatively, it could be from Middle English mokke ‘trick’, ‘joke’, ‘jest’, ‘act of jeering’, a derivative of mokke(n) ‘to mock’, from Old French moquer.German : variant of Maag.German : nickname for a short, thickset man, Middle High German mocke.Dutch : nickname from Middle Dutch mocke ‘dirty or wanton woman’, ‘slut’, or from West Flemish mokke ‘fat child’.
Female
Scottish
Variant spelling of Scottish Diorbhail, DEVORGILLA means "true testimony."
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English (Devon; of Cornish origin)
English (Devon; of Cornish origin) : topographic name for someone who lived by a menhir, i.e. a tall standing stone erected in prehistoric times (Cornish men ‘stone’ + hir ‘long’).
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English (Devon)
English (Devon) : unexplained; perhaps a variant of Matters, itself a variant of Matter.
Female
Hindi/Indian
(देवी) Hindi name derived from Sanskrit devi DEVI means "goddess."
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English (Cornwall and Devon)
English (Cornwall and Devon) : possibly a variant of Luxton.
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English (Devon)
English (Devon) : perhaps a variant of Millman.
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English (Devon and Cornwall)
English (Devon and Cornwall) : topographic name for someone who lived by the ‘meadow (Old English mǣd) land (Old English land)’.
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English (Devon)
English (Devon) : unexplained.Croatian : unexplained.
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a.
Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a ci-devant governor.
n.
Quality or state of being devout.
n.
Self-devotion.
n.
A devotee.
n.
A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement.
adv.
In a devout and reverent manner; with devout emotions; piously.
pl.
of Dare-deviltry
a.
Devoted in person, or by one's own will.
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Devouring one's self or itself.
v. t.
To give up; to devote.
n
Reckless mischief; the action of a dare-devil.
a.
Alt. of Point-devise
n.
A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.
v. t.
To devote.
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Full of devotion.
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Destitute of devotion.
adv.
Alt. of Point-devise
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Devised by one's self.
n.
The act of devoting one's self, or the state of being self-devoted; willingness to sacrifice one's own advantage or happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice.