Devan is a spelling of Devin and Devon, names that go back to the Irish surname Ó Damháin, "descendant of Damhán", meaning "little fawn", or to the English county of Devon; in India Devan is also a Sanskrit name meaning "godlike". Devan was most popular around the turn of the millennium: it stood at number 496 in 2000, peaked at number 472 in 2001, fell out of the top 1000 in the 2010s and ranks number 2522 among boys' names in 2025.