Fun Facts About the Name Divinity
- More than 1 thousand babies named Divinity: U.S. records list 1,187 babies given the name Divinity from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Divinity Mean?
Divinity means "divine nature" or "godhead." It comes into English from Latin divinitas ("divine nature, godhead"), a noun formed from divinus ("divine, of a god"), which in turn comes from divus or deus, "god." The Latin noun divinitas passed through Old French as divinité before entering Middle English, which is why the modern English word keeps the -ity ending rather than a Latin -itas form. The literal sense is the quality or state of being divine; by extension the word also names a divine being, and in academic use it names the study of theology.
The older Latin root behind deus and divus is generally connected with a reconstructed Indo-European root relating to "sky" or "to shine," though the reconstruction is a linguistic inference rather than a recorded word.
Divinity Name History & Origins
As a word, divinity has a long record in English: Middle English writers used it for the nature of God and for theology as a subject of study, and the related Latin divinitas appears in classical and Christian Latin texts in the same senses. English universities historically used "Divinity" as the name of the theology faculty, and the word remains current in that academic sense.
As a personal name, Divinity belongs to the broad English category of word names, in which an ordinary noun or abstract quality is given directly as a name. English speakers have used abstract nouns of this kind as given names since at least the period of the Protestant Reformation, when names such as Faith, Hope, Grace, Prudence, and Verity became established. Divinity fits that pattern, but it is a much less common choice than those examples and appears mainly in modern English-speaking use. Because it is drawn straight from the English noun, its history as a given name is essentially the history of the word itself rather than a separate path of transmission through different languages.
Unlike names that were inherited from a saint's name or a medieval vernacular form, Divinity has no older personal-name forms attested in Latin, Greek, or the Germanic languages; its use as a name rests on the meaning of the English word.
How Popular is the Name Divinity?
Divinity has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2024. Its best rank was #2,169 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,621 | 66 | 0.0041% |
| 2024 | #2,169 | 87 | 0.0054% |
| 2023 | #2,379 | 76 | 0.0047% |
| 2022 | #2,726 | 63 | 0.0038% |
| 2021 | #2,932 | 57 | 0.0035% |
| 2020 | #3,510 | 43 | 0.0027% |
| 2019 | #2,827 | 59 | 0.0035% |
| 2018 | #4,174 | 34 | 0.0020% |
| 2017 | #3,164 | 51 | 0.0030% |
| 2016 | #3,535 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 2015 | #3,935 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2014 | #4,806 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2013 | #3,725 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2012 | #4,150 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2011 | #3,741 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2010 | #3,584 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 2009 | #3,473 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 2008 | #4,386 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 2007 | #3,805 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 2006 | #4,856 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2005 | #4,992 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2004 | #4,419 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2003 | #4,453 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2002 | #6,473 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2001 | #6,405 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2000 | #5,773 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1999 | #5,080 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1998 | #7,681 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1997 | #8,532 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #9,821 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #12,201 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #7,667 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1991 | #8,793 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #7,272 | 9 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Divinity Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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