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Never in my life would I imagine Devon being pronounced as dee-VAWN. If someone told me their name was dee-VAWN I would guess that it was spelled DeVahn or Devahn or Devawn or Devaun. When I see Devon I always think that it is pronounced DEV-in or DEV-un.
Also I was looking at the popularity data for this name and I haven't been this surprised in while. I've only ever known one person named Devin and it was a boy. I may have briefly met a couple of other Devon's but not more than 3 and I usually meet a plethora of people with all kinds of names. I'm especially floundered by how popular Devon / Devin was for girls in the 90's and the early 2000's.
Also both Devon and Devin were basically equally popular in the US for girls and Devin was more common by a bit for boys over Devon, but both spellings have both been more used for boys than for girls. I've never met a girl named Devon / Devin, but one time like a year or two ago the news showed the University of Washington graduating class that year and they briefly talked to a girl named Devon. This was the first time ever I had heard of Devon being used on a girl and my first impression was that I liked it but Dylan is better. Though really I prefer both Devin / Devon and Dylan for a boy but they aren't bad for girls.
I really like the name Devin / Devon, though I used to think it was an underused boys name, now I learn that it was actually very popular fairly recently, maybe not top 50 popular but it was top 75 popular. I guess Devon / Devin isn't the underused gem that I thought it was but I still really like it. I've always loved both spellings, I can't choose if I prefer Devin or Devon more. I also like Devan but not as much as Devin and Devon. I'd probably go with the spelling Devon purely because it never got quite as popular as Devin.
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Also I was looking at the popularity data for this name and I haven't been this surprised in while. I've only ever known one person named Devin and it was a boy. I may have briefly met a couple of other Devon's but not more than 3 and I usually meet a plethora of people with all kinds of names. I'm especially floundered by how popular Devon / Devin was for girls in the 90's and the early 2000's.
Also both Devon and Devin were basically equally popular in the US for girls and Devin was more common by a bit for boys over Devon, but both spellings have both been more used for boys than for girls. I've never met a girl named Devon / Devin, but one time like a year or two ago the news showed the University of Washington graduating class that year and they briefly talked to a girl named Devon. This was the first time ever I had heard of Devon being used on a girl and my first impression was that I liked it but Dylan is better. Though really I prefer both Devin / Devon and Dylan for a boy but they aren't bad for girls.
I really like the name Devin / Devon, though I used to think it was an underused boys name, now I learn that it was actually very popular fairly recently, maybe not top 50 popular but it was top 75 popular. I guess Devon / Devin isn't the underused gem that I thought it was but I still really like it. I've always loved both spellings, I can't choose if I prefer Devin or Devon more. I also like Devan but not as much as Devin and Devon. I'd probably go with the spelling Devon purely because it never got quite as popular as Devin.
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This message was edited 4/20/2013, 4:25 AM
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