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The name Kelvin

Letters
6
Syllables
2
First letter
K
Category
Western Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 1990s: 13.5%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s13.5%
2000s9.4%
2010s–

Kelvin is a boy's name taken from a Scottish river name; its meaning is uncertain.

About the name Kelvin

Kelvin is a boy's name from the name of a Scottish river, perhaps meaning 'narrow water', though this is uncertain. According to JPN, it peaked in the 2000s with 1,351 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
SyllablesKel-vin

Kelvin in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
Boy: 1,284 · 13.5%
2000s
Boy: 1,351 · 9.4%
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Kelvin as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Kelvin · behindthename.com · meaning

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