Name: Kevin
Gender: Male
Usage: Kevin, of scottish-gaelic origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Kevin are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Guatemala, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Kevin across the world, see Kévin.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Kevin is: Beautiful at birth, Handsome.
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Numerology of the first name Kevin: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name Kevin is ranked on the 17th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 10775300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.148% of the population. The name Kevin has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Kevin for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Kevin is 3 June.
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History and Origin
Kevin (/ˈkɛv.ɪn/; Irish: Caoimhín /kiː.vʲiːnʲ/, Middle Irish: Caoimhghín /kəiṽʲ.ʝiːnʲ/, Old Irish: Cóemgein /koiṽʲ.ɣʲinʲ/, Scottish Gaelic: Caomhainn, Latin: Coemgenus) is a male first name of Gaelic origin. Among the earliest famous bearers of the name was Saint Kevin, 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 influenced the similarly Gaelic-derived Kelvin, as well as the Latin Calvin. "Kevin" is one of the top 100 male baby names in Chile, France, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden and the United States. It can also be spelled Kevyn, Keven, or Kevan.
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. In France, the name was very popular during the 80s and 90s, especially in the lower class. There is wide variation both on the pronunciation and accentation. A more Franco-Celtic pronunciation is often written as Kévin, while a consciously Anglo-American pronunciation is written without the accent. For example French horseman Kevin Staut and French runner Kévin Hautcoeur official websites differ, though the French media may pronounce both names similarly.
The female version of Caoimhín (Kevin) is Caoimhe (anglicised as Kiva or Keva).
Irish and English: Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Caoimhín, originally a byname representing a diminutive of Gaelic caomh comely, beloved. This was the name of a 7th-century saint who is one of the patrons of Dublin.
Variant: Kevan (from Gaelic Caoimheán, with a different diminutive suffix).
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