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Also known as Kevin (given name), Kevin (first name)

Kevin is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name '''''' (; ; ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ).

Key facts

Name.name
Kevin
Name.gender
Masculine
Name.language
English
Name.origin
Caoimhín
Name.meaning
'of noble birth'
Name.variant forms
Caoimheán, Kevan, Kevyn

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Kevin is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name '''' (; ; ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ).

The variant Kevan is anglicised from , an Irish diminutive form. The feminine version of the name is (anglicised as Keeva or Kweeva).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kevin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.