Divine

Divine: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“of God, heavenly”
Origin
English
Say it
dih-VINE · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (57% girls, 43% boys since 1880)

From the English and French word divine, ultimately from Latin divinus. It is used as a modern virtue-style given name.

How popular is Divine?

202460.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Divine in 2024201

2024 rank#1,632 boys

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 18804,154

Divine is rising: use over the last five years is 1.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Divine

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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  • Riverriver · English
  • Sawyerwoodcutter · English
  • TatumTata's homestead · English
  • EmersonEmery's son · English
  • Haydenhay valley · English
  • Sagewise one; sage plant · English
  • Remingtonsettlement by the streambank · English

Divine questions

What does the name Divine mean?

Divine means "of God, heavenly". It comes from English. From the English and French word divine, ultimately from Latin divinus. It is used as a modern virtue-style given name.

Is Divine a boy or girl name?

Divine is used for both: about 57% of US babies named Divine since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Divine?

201 US babies were named Divine in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Divine?

Divine is usually pronounced dih-VINE.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.