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*[[Kevin Thiele]], Australian botanist
*[[Kevin Thiele]], Australian botanist
*[[Kevin Tighe]] (born 1944), American actor
*[[Kevin Tighe]] (born 1944), American actor
*[[Kevin Ullyett]] (born 1972), former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe
*[[Kevin Ray Underwood]] (born 1979), convicted murderer
*[[Kevin Ray Underwood]] (born 1979), convicted murderer

*[[Kevin Von Erich]] (born 1957), retired American professional wrestler
*[[Kevin Von Erich]] (born 1957), retired American professional wrestler
*[[Kevin Warwick]] (born 1954), British cybernetics professor at the [[University of Reading]]
*[[Kevin Warwick]] (born 1954), British cybernetics professor at the [[University of Reading]]

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For other uses, see Kevin (disambiguation).
Kevin
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameIrish
MeaningGentle birth
Other names
Related namesKev

Kevin (Irish: Caoimhín /qi:βʲi:nʲ/, Middle Irish: Caoimhghín /qə̃iβʲjinʲ/, Old Irish: Cóemgein /qoiβjin/, Latinised form: Coemgenus) is a male first name of Irish origin. It is believed that Saint Kevin was the one who popularized the name, although Kevin is not a biblical name. Caoimhghín derives from the Irish caomh (Old Irish cóem) "kind, honest, handsome" and -gin (Old Irish gein) "birth". Kevin is unrelated to the names Kelvin or Calvin. "Kevin" is one of the top 100 male baby names in Canada, Chile, France, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United States.[1] It can also be spelled Kevyn, Keven, Kevan, or Kévin.

In the United Kingdom, its popularity peaked during the 1950s and 1960s, when it was frequently among the 20 most popular male first names, but by the 1990s it had fallen out of the top 100.[2]

The female version of Caoimhín (Kevin) is Caoimhe (anglicised as Kiva or Keva).

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See also

References

  1. ^ Behind the Name: Search Results
  2. ^ http://www.babynames.co.uk/meaning_origin_name_Kevin.htm
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