Devi

Where Devi comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit देवी (devī́, “goddess, female deity”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Devi
  • Sanskrit
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1952
    First appearance
    #5,563 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2025
    Peak, #3,130
    51 babies named Devi — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.