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Devi name meaning

“goddess”

Letters
4
Syllables
2
First letter
D
Origin
Sanskrit
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♀ Girl
Peak 1970s: 8.2%
of the girl top-10 total
JPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadegirl
1940s–
1950s6.2%
1960s7.4%
1970s8.2%
1980s–
1990s–
2000s–
2010s–

Indian Names: DMeaning blessingSanskrit origin

Devi is a girl's name from Sanskrit meaning 'goddess'.

What does Devi mean?

Goddess

In Malay: dewi

#Blessing

Sources (2)

About the name Devi

Devi comes from Sanskrit devī, meaning 'goddess'. It is used as a girl's name in several Indian languages, including Tamil and Hindi. According to JPN, it peaked in the 1970s with 622 baby girls.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginSanskrit
SyllablesDe-vi
First letterIndian Names starting with D
Devanagari scriptदेवी

Devi in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
Girl: 354 · 6.2%
1960s
Girl: 527 · 7.4%
1970s
Girl: 622 · 8.2%
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Devi as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Indian table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Devi · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: देवी · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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