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Kevin name meaning

First Name
1.2m
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
352
in the U.S.
in 2010
Girls
Boys
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Kevin mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Kevin

User Submitted Origins

English
45%
Irish
25%
Gaelic
16%
Spanish
4%
Indian (Sanskrit)
3%
Vietnamese
3%
American
3%
French
3%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. According to a user from California, U.S., the name Kevin is of Irish origin and means "Kind, gentle, or handsome".
  2. A user from Zimbabwe says the name Kevin is of Gaelic origin and means "Kind,gentle,handsome".
  3. 2 people from Kenya and the United States agree the name Kevin is of Luo / Celtic origin and means "Handsome and Kind".
  4. A user from New Jersey, U.S. says the name Kevin is of Gaelic origin and means "Handsom kind".
  5. A user from South Africa says the name Kevin is of African origin and means "Kind Honest and Handsome".
  6. 2 submissions from Canada and South Africa agree the name Kevin means "Handsome by birth" and is of Canadian / Irish origin.
  7. A submission from Pennsylvania, U.S. says the name Kevin means "Handsome Birth" and is of Gaelic origin.
  8. A user from Kenya says the name Kevin is of Kikuyu origin and means "A Leader and a most Handsome and caring person and love people called Shiro".
  9. According to 3 people from New York, U.S., the name Kevin is of Irish / Indian (Sanskrit) origin and means "Handsome".
  10. A submission from the United Kingdom says the name Kevin means "My name means handsome and beautiful".
  11. 4 people from all over the world agree the name Kevin is of English origin and means "Gift of god".
  12. 2 submissions from the United Kingdom and the United States agree the name Kevin means "Peace" and is of English / Irish origin.
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Wiktionary

Name of an Irish seventh century saint, from Irish Caoimhghin or Caoimhín, from Old Irish Cóemgen (literally “comely birth”).

  1. A male given name from Irish. It first became popular outside Ireland in the mid-twentieth century.
  2. (Britain, derogatory, slang) A working-class male.

Kevin was also found in the following language(s): Cebuano, Danish, Estonian, French, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, and Swedish

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Notable Persons Named Kevin

Notable Persons Named Kevin

Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant is a basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder and Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association. He was most prominent from 2007 to present. Kevin was born on September 29th, 1988 in Washington, D.C.

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Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart is an actor, comedian, writer, and producer. His most notable accomplishments were from 1999 to present. Kevin was given the name Kevin Darnell Hart on July 6th, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey is an actor, director, producer, and comedian. His most notable accomplishments were from 1986 to present. Kevin was given the name Kevin Spacey Fowler on July 26th, 1959 in , U.S.

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Kevin Owens

Kevin Owens is a wrestler. Kevin was born on May 7th, 1984 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.

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Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner is an actor, producer, director, and singer. His ongoing career started in 1974. Kevin was given the name Kevin Michael Costner on January 18th, 1955 in Lynwood, California, U.S.

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Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon is an actor, film director, film producer, musician, director, and producer. His most notable accomplishments were from 1978 to present. Kevin was given the name Kevin Norwood Bacon on July 8th, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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  • Kevin Smith
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  • Kevin O'Leary
    Businessman
  • Kevin Kline
    Actor
  • Kevin Garnett
    Basketball Player
  • Kevin De Bruyne
    Soccer Player
  • Kevin James
  • Kevin Love
    Basketball Player
  • Kevin Nash
    Wrestler
  • Kevin Richardson
    Singing
  • Kevin McKidd
    Actor
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    Actor
  • Kévin Gameiro
    Soccer Player
  • Kevin Olusola
    Beatboxer
  • Kevin Mitnick
    Author

Notable Persons With the Last Name Kevin

Notable Persons With the Last Name Kevin

Kevin

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Thaw Kevin

Thaw was born in 1967.

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Njue Kevin

Njue Kevin is a filmmaking and filmmaker. His ongoing career started in 2013. Njue was given the name Kelvin Njue Koru on February 19th, 1992.

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Charles Kevin

Charles Kevin was a public servant, diplomat, and civil service. Charles was given the name John Charles George Kevin on October 9th, 1909 in Forbes, New South Wales. He died on February 13th, 1968.

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Tom Kevin

Tom was born in 1927 in County Tipperary. He breathed his last breath on October 19th, 2009.

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Manuel Kevin

Manuel Kevin is an athlete for the St. Peters Strikers FC.

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Common last names for Kevin

Common first names for Kevin

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Kevin U.S.
█  White 72.73% 64.26%
█  African American 11.36% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 4.55% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.00% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 1.70% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 9.66% 16.26%

Of Last Name Kevin

People with the last name Kevin are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Kevin

  • What name lists does Kevin rank for?
    #24Most Popular Boy Names
    #19Fastest Rising Boy Names
    #46Classic Boy Names
  • How Popular is the name Kevin? Kevin is the 31st most popular name of all time. As a last name Kevin was the 57,781st most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Kevin have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,177,882 babies born with the first name Kevin in the United States. That's more than enough people named Kevin to occupy the country of Timor-Leste with an estimated population of 1,066,409 (as of July 11, 2010).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Kevin? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1912 when it was given as a first name to 9 new born babies.
  • When was Kevin first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Kevin is Sunday, November 2nd, 1862.
  • What year had the most people named Kevin born? The highest recorded use of the first name Kevin was in 1963 with a total of 30,619 babies. That's a lot of babies named Kevin!
  • Random Kevin Factoid: According to the 2016 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Kevin ranks 97th in popularity as a baby boy's name in Louisiana. Imagine that, 65 babies in Louisiana have the same name in 2016.
  • Weird things about the name Kevin: The name spelled backwards is Nivek. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Eikvn. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Kevin? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 352 people with the last name Kevin.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Kevin? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Kevin as their last name since less than 1 person in 833k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
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