Deva

Locally spelled Devi in IN India, ID Indonesia, MY Malaysia and 1 more, Debbie in ZA South Africa, CZ Czechia and Dev in NP Nepal, BD Bangladesh.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Deva, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

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• Elara
• Ayla
• Mona
• Jupiter
• Diya
• Artemis
• Luna
• Astrid
• Apollo
• Celeste

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Deva is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name4 spellings in the group

  Also written Ḍeva, Devā, Dēva

• English given name15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Australia

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written De'Va, Déva, Dëvå, Dęvã, Dêvã

• Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, India, Malaysia, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Deva, Deva'

• Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, India, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written D'Eva

• Nepali given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Nepal

  Also written Devā

• French given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, India, United States, Spain

  Also written Déva, D'Eva, D'Evä

• Turkish given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, India, United States, Netherlands

  Also written Devâ, Dëva

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Deva is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In pi, General of Parakkamabāhu I, called Laṅkāpura; fought Sūkarabhātu and campaigned in South India, capturing Rājinā (Cv.lxxv.130; lxxvi.250, 310, 324, 326).

  as a name·Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

• In pi, Aggasāvaka of Sujāta Buddha; the Buddha's first sermon was addressed to him and Sudassana; also called Sudeva (J.i.38; BuA.168,170; Bu.xiii.25).

  as a name·Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

• In pi, monk of Kappukagāma/Kambugāma; Vohārikatissa heard him preach and restored five buildings (Mhv.xxxvi.29; Dpv.xxii.41).

  as a name·Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

• In pi, thera of Ceylon said in the Gandhavaṃsa to have written the Sumanakūṭavaṇṇanā (Gv.p.63; P.L.C.223f.; Svd.1263).

  as a name·Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

• In pi, thera of Ceylon at whose request Upasena wrote the Mahā Niddesa Commentary (MNidA.i.1).

  as a name·Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Dev Shamsher Jang Bahadur Ranab. 1862NPnot in their usual namePrime Minister of Nepal (1862–1914)
• Phraya Songsuradetb. 1891THnot in their usual nameThai military officer (1891–1944)
• Deva D. Tirvengadumb. 1936LKSri Lankan botanist
• Deva Andersonb. 1967(born 1967)
• Deva Pascoviccib. 1969BRBrazilian journalist (1965–2016)
• Deva Premalb. 1970DEGerman singer
• Deva Casselb. 2004ITFrench-Italian model
• Deva Raya IIVijayanagara emperor
• Deva KattaINIndian film director
• Deva Kannan RamananUSAmerican AI and computer vision researcher

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Deva mean, and where does it come from?

General of Parakkamabāhu I; fought Gajabāhu, was imprisoned at Pulatthipura, later defeated Mānābharaṇa at Gaṅgātaṭāka and Mahinda at Hedillakhaṇḍagāma (Cv.lxx.123, 153-7, 245, 285, 300, 316; lxxii.45… Recorded by Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh).

How do you pronounce Deva?

A machine transcription gives /deɪvə/ (IPA) for Hindi.

Is Deva a male or female name?

Deva is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: Spain (INE), United States (Census Bureau, 2020), France (INSEE, 2024) and Italy (ISTAT, 2024).

In which country does Deva have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 138 thousand people named Deb in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold.

How common is the name Deva?

In Czechia, the national register counted 8 people named Deva, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.

How common is Deva compared with other names?

In Bangladesh, Deva is the 116th most common surname of 12,312 surnames recorded there.