Entry № 2435 · Slavic origin

Devana Devana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ deh-VAH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Slavic
Meaning
"Slavic goddess of the hunt"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Slavic)

A name that means "slavic goddess of the hunt".

Devana (also Dziewanna) is the Slavic goddess of the hunt, forests, and wild animals — the Slavic counterpart to the Greek Artemis. Her name derives from Proto-Indo-European root for "shining" or "divine."

Rare but iconic in Slavic studies.

Slavic goddess of the hunt. The Slavic Artemis.

The name in its native script.

Devana
Transliteration
Devana
Pronunciation
/ dəˈvɑː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Devana stands.

Devana does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Devanas before her.

Real people
Devana
Slavic goddess.
In fiction
Devana
Slavic Artemis.
Slavic mythology

Names connected to Devana.

The number behind Devana.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Devana reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.