Devile is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.
The surname Devile is form of Found. This name was given to a foundling at Doncaster not many generations since. The corresponding name Inventus formerly existed there.
The lastname is a form of the Devil. This surname occurs in many languages; but the only instance of it which in England is that of the monk, Willelmus cognomento Diabolus. The French De Ville, naturalized amongst us, has often been misunderstood to be the synonym of Satan, and various vowel changes have been made by the bearers of it to avoid this very objectionable notion. Hence it is commonly written Divall, Divoll, Devall, etc., while in records Devol, Devile, Deyvil, etc., are found.
Devile is variant of the Davidge. See David - Though of ancient standing in Wales, this Christian name scarcely appears in England before the Conquest. Modified in various forms it has since produced many family names, some of which are among the commonest in use, as Davids, Davidson, Davidge—Davey, Davy, Davie—Davies, Davis, Daviss, Daves, Davison. From Daw, the nickname, come Dawe, Dawes, Daws, Dawson, Dawkes, Dawkins, Dawkinson, and from another form of the nickname, according to Camden, we get Day, Dayes, Dayson, and Dakin.
Is a variant of the Darvell. A estate near Battle, county of Sussex.
Family name is a variation of Devall. See Devoll - The pedigree of Devoll, Devall, etc., direct from Satan. By way of salvo, however, Scholars admit that Devoll may possibly be diminutives of "dove".
Devile is form of Divoll. See Devil and Devoll - This surname occurs in many languages; but the only instance of it which in England is that of the monk, Willelmus cognomento Diabolus. The French De Ville, naturalized amongst us, has often been misunderstood to be the synonym of Satan, and various vowel changes have been made by the bearers of it to avoid this very objectionable notion. Hence it is commonly written Divall, Divoll, Devall, etc., while in records Devol, Devile, Deyvil, etc., are found.
A variant of the Evil. See Eyvile - The name with the prefix de occurs in the Hundred Rolls. It is doubtless derived from Normandy or France. A crasis of the preposition and the noun produce Devil.
Family name Devile is a variation of Laville. French "the Town."