Devoto

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

How Devoto is read●(measured from records)

Devoto is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Spanish67%

  devoted, devout

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English23%

  A devotee.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Devoto is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, do lat. devotus, devoto, devotado, solidário

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Portuguese, devout; pious (devoted to religious feelings and duties)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dēvōtus

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, devout, pious

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• John Devotob. 1719FR(fl. 1708–1752), painter and scene designer (1719–1776)
• Agostino Luigi Devotob. 1851USAmerican military personnel
• Luigi Devotob. 1864ITItalian physician and politician (1864–1936)
• Giacomo Devotob. 1897ITItalian linguist (1897-1974)
• Daniel Devotob. 1916ARArgentinian writer (1916–2001)
• Andrea Devotob. 1927ITItalian psychiatrist (1927–1994)
• Giorgio Devotob. 1941ITItalian publisher and writer
• Fernando Devotob. 1949ARArgentinian historian
• Ollie Devotob. 1993GBEnglish rugby union footballer
• Marcella Devotoresearcher ORCID: 0000-0002-4431-5114

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).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

Evidence●(measured from records)

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

Frequently asked questions

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

devoted, devout Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Devoto?

A machine transcription gives /deboto/ (IPA) for Spanish.

In which country does Devoto have the most bearers?

Devoto is most frequently recorded in Argentina.