Devine

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish. countable
  2. 2
    A placename; An unincorporated community in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename; A city in Medina County, Texas, United States. countable, uncountable

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”).

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