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Kevin

/ˈkɛvɪn/ · name

Meaning

  1. A male given name from Irish.
  2. A working-class male.

Etymology / origin

Name of a seventh-century Irish saint, from Irish Caoimhghin or Caoimhín, from Old Irish Cóemgen (literally “dear birth/person”). It first became popular outside Ireland in the mid-twentieth century.

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