Dev
Dev means God, divine being.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Language | Hindi |
| Starts with | D |
Traditional associations
In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.
- Rashi: Mithun
- Nakshatra: Ardra
- More names starting with D
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “God, divine being”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Purushottam — Meanings families give: Best among men, Vishnu; Supreme being, Jagannath title
- Harish — Meanings families give: Lord Shiva or Vishnu, the supreme divine being; Lord Vishnu, destroyer of sorrow; Lord Vishnu, lion
- Onkar — Meanings families give: Sacred syllable Om, the supreme being; God is one, the singular divine sound
- Bhuvana — World, earth, a living being
- Yaksh — Supernatural being, nature spirit
- Eashwar — Lord, the divine supreme being
More boys' names of Sanskrit origin
- Reyansh — Meanings families give: Ray of light; Ray of light, part of God Vishnu
- Aryan — Noble, of high birth
- Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
- Aarush — Meanings families give: First ray of sun; First ray of the winter sun, calm radiance
- Arnav — come from the sea
- Viaan — Meanings families give: Full of life, energy; Full of energy, lively, animated
Other names under Mithun rashi
- Diya — Meanings families give: Lamp, light; Lamp, divine light
- Yash — Meanings families give: Glory, fame; Fame, glory, success, celebrity; Fame, glory, success; Success, glory, fame
- Kavya — a poem, poetical composition with a coherent plot by a single author (opposed to an Itihāsa)
- Jiya — Meanings families give: Sweetheart, piece of heart; Heart, sweetheart
- Divya — Meanings families give: Divine, heavenly; Divine, heavenly, brilliant; Divine, heavenly, brilliant light; Divine, brilliant, beautiful
- Karan — Clever, talented, Arjuna
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mithun names.
Where this comes from
Dev has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.