English
Kevin
Kevin may come from Irish Caoimhghin.
- Irishc. 1200–presentCaoimhghinuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2021Kevin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Irishc. 1200–presentCaoimhghinuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2021Kevin
Earliest quotation: 2021, Chandelis Duster: “My message to Kevin McCarthy is, take all of…”
The story
It first became popular outside Ireland in the mid-twentieth century.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
general, kind, nature, german, nation, king, generation, native, gender, engine, pregnant, gene, genius, oxygen, genre, gentle, genuine, hydrogen, indigenous, genocide, ken, naive, genus, noel, genital, natal, kin, innate, nee, germ, ingenious, nada, nascent, naïve, gentile, janata, nativity, gens, puny, glycogen, 116 more
Today it means
name A male given name from Irish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Irish Caoimhghin / Kevin