From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kevin
Kevin
Kevin • Kevin Durand (born 1974), Canadian actor
• Kevin Durant (born 1988), American basketball
Gender Male player
Origin • Kevin Eastman (born 1962), American comic book
artist
Word/Name Irish
• Kevin Faulk (born 1976), American football player
Meaning Gentle birth • Kevin Federline (born 1978), American dancer
• Kevin Fertig (born 1977), American professional
Other names
wrestler
Related names Kev • Kevin Forster (born 1958), English long-distance
runner
Kevin (Irish: Caoimhín, Middle Irish: Caoimhghín, Old Irish: • Kevin Garnett (born 1976), American basketball
Cóemgein, Latin: Coemgenus) is a male first name of Irish player
origin. It is believed that Saint Kevin was the one who • Kevin Graves (born 1989), American child actor
popularized the name, although Kevin is not a biblical • Kevin Gregg (born 1978), American baseball player
name. Caoimhghín is believed to be derived from the • Kevin Gordon (born 1989), Australian rugby player
Irish cóem "kind, honest, and handsome" and gein • Kevin Harvick (born 1975), American race car driver
"birth".[1] Kevin is unrelated to the names Kelvin or • Kevin Haskins (born 1960), British drummer
Calvin. "Kevin" is one of the top 100 male baby names in • Kevin Hayes (cricketer) (born 1962), English
Canada, Chile, France, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, cricketer
Northern Ireland, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and • Kevin Hayes (hurler), Irish hurler
the United States.[2] It can also be spelled Kevyn, Keven, • Kevin Hayes (ice hockey), American ice hockey
Kevan, or Kévin. player
In the United Kingdom, its popularity peaked during • Kevin Heinze (1928-2008), Australian television
the 1950s and 1960s, when it was frequently among the presenter
20 most popular male first names, but by the 1990s it had • Kevin James (born 1965), actor
fallen out of the top 100.[3] • Kevin James LaBrie (born 1963), Canadian singer
The female version of Caoimhín (Kevin) is Caoimhe (an- • Kevin Johnson (born 1966), American basketball
glicised as Kiva or Keva). player and politician
• Kevin Johnson (executive) , CEO of Juniper Networks
People • Kevin Jonas (born 1987), member of the Jonas
Brothers
• Kevin Abley, Australian rules footballer • Kevin Keegan (born 1951), English footballer and
• Kevin J. Anderson (born 1962), American science coach
fiction author • Kevin Kilner (born 1958), American actor
• Kevin T. Anderson, American musician • Kevin Kline (born 1947), American actor
• Kevin Anderson (actor) (born 1960), American actor • Kevin López (born 1990), Spanish athlete
• Kevin Anderson (tennis) (born 1986), South African • Kevin Love (born 1988), American basketball player
tennis player • Kevin Lundberg, member of Colorado State Senate
• Kevin Anderson (scientist), climate scientist • Kevin Lynch (hunger striker), Irish republican, IRA
• Kevin Appier, American baseball pitcher hunger striker who died in 1981
• Kevin Ayers (born 1944), English songwriter • Kevin Maggs (born 1974), Irish rugby player
• Kevin Bacon (born 1958), American actor • Kevin Martin (born 1983), American basketball
• Kevin Bermeister, Australian businessman player
• Kevin Boyles (born 1967), Canadian volleyball player • Kevin McCarthy (1914-2010), American actor
• Kevin Carlberg (born 1987), American musician • Kevin McDonald (born 1961), Canadian comedian
• Kevin Carr (born 1958), English football goalkeeper and actor
• Kevin Corrigan (born 1969), American actor • Kevin McHale (born 1957), American basketball
• Kevin Costner (born 1955), American actor player
• Kevin Doherty (born 1958), Canadian judoka • Kevin McKidd (born 1973), Scottish film actor
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kevin
• Kevin McMahon (born 1972), American hammer • Kevin Sheedy (born 1947), Australian footballer and
thrower Member of the Order of Australia
• Kevin Mitchell (born 1981), Canadian water polo • Kevin Sheedy (born 1959), Irish footballer
player • Kevin Shields (born 1963), musician
• Kevin Mitnick (born 1963), computer security • Kevin Simm (born 1980), English singer, songwriter,
consultant and convicted hacker and musician who was a member of the pop group
• Kevin Hulisani Mmbara (born 1979), South African Liberty X
political youth leader • Kevin Sinfield (born 1980), English rugby league
• Kevin Nadal (born 1978), author, professor, activist, player and current captain of the Leeds Rhinos
and comedian • Kevin Smith (born 1970), American screenwriter,
• Kevin Nash (born 1959), American professional producer and director
wrestler • Kevin Smith (New Zealand actor) (1963-2002), New
• Kevin Nealon (born 1953), American actor Zealand actor
• Kevin Neufeld (born 1960), Canadian rower • Kevin Sorbo (born 1958), American actor
• Kevin Newsome (born 1991), American football • Kevin Spacey (born 1959), American actor
player • Kevin Stevens (born 1965), American hockey player
• Kevin O’Higgins, Irish politician • Kevin Thiele, Australian botanist
• Kevin Ollie (born 1972), American basketball player • Kevin Tighe (born 1944), American actor
• Kevin Pietersen (born 1980), English cricketer • Kevin Ray Underwood (born 1979), convicted
• Kevin Pollak (born 1957), American actor murderer
• Kevin Reynolds (director), American film director • Kevin Von Erich (born 1957), retired American
• Kevin Reynolds (figure skater), Canadian figure professional wrestler
skater • Kevin Warwick (born 1954), British cybernetics
• Kevin Reynolds (unionist), Australian unionist and professor at the University of Reading
poliician • Kevin White (mayor), American mayor of Boston
• Kevin Richardson (musician), former member of the 1968-1984
Backstreet Boys • Kevin Youkilis (born 1979), American baseball player
• Kevin Richardson (footballer), English former soccer
player
• Kevin Richardson (American football), college
See also
running back • List of Irish-language given names
• Kevin Michael Richardson, American voice actor • Kavin - The tamil name
• Kevin Robertson (born 1981), football player
• Kevin Rose (born 1977), founder of Digg
• Kevin Rowland (born 1953), musician and former
References
frontman of the band Dexys Midnight Runners [1] Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of
• Kevin Rudd (born 1957), former Prime Minister of the Name Kevin
Australia [2] Behind the Name: Search Results
• Kevin Rudolf (born 1983), American singer [3] [1]
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Categories:
• Irish masculine given names
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