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Kevin name meaning

“beloved birth”

Letters
5
Syllables
2
First letter
K
Category
Western Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 1990s: 9%
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–
1990s9%
2000s–
2010s–

Meaning love

Kevin is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning 'beloved birth'.

What does Kevin mean?

Beloved birth

In Malay: kelahiran yang dikasihi

#Love

Sources (1)

About the name Kevin

Kevin is the Anglicized form of the Irish name Caoimhín, from Old Irish Cóemgein, made up of cóem (dear, gentle) and gein (birth). Saint Caoimhín founded a monastery at Glendalough in the 6th century. In Malaysia, Kevin is used as a Western name. JPN records show it peaking in the 1990s with 858 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
SyllablesKe-vin

Kevin 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: 858 · 9%
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Kevin 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: Kevin · behindthename.com · meaning

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