Kevin
English
editEtymology
editName 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.
Pronunciation
edit- enPR: kĕ'vĭn, IPA(key): /ˈkɛvɪn/, enPR: kĕ'vən, IPA(key): /ˈkɛvən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛvɪn, -ɛvən
Proper noun
editKevin (plural Kevins)
- A male given name from Irish.
- (British, derogatory, slang) A working-class male.
- Synonym: Kev
Quotations
edit- 1990, Ruth Rendell, Going Wrong, →ISBN, page 157:
- "Guy," he said. He said it slowly and with a certain puzzlement. He said it again, thoughtfully, as if it were a name of someone he had known long ago but couldn't quite place. "Guy. Yes - don't you find it difficult being called that? I mean, if Nora hadn't said, I'd have put you down as a Kevin, or a Barry. Yes, Barry would suit you."
He looked like an innocent child, smiling, wide-eyed, his cheeks plump and rosy, defying the object of his insults to take offence.
- 1996, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, Harper Collins Publishers., →ISBN, page 203:
- They sit by the fire smoking and talking about names. Mam says she likes the names Kevin and Sean but Bridey says, Ah no, there's too many of them in Limerick. Jesus, Angela, if you stuck your head out of the door and called, Kevin or Sean, come in for your tea, you'd have half o' Limerick running to your door.
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → Breton: Kevin
- → Cebuano: Kevin
- → Danish: Kevin
- → Dutch: Kevin
- → Estonian: Kevin
- → French: Kevin, Kévin m
- French: Kevine f
- → German: Kevin
- → Lithuanian: Kevinas
- → Norwegian: Kevin
- → Polish: Kewin
- → Portuguese: Kevin
- → Spanish: Kevin
- → Swedish: Kevin
- → Tagalog: Kevin
Translations
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See also
editAnagrams
editBreton
editProper noun
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Kevin
- a male given name
References
edit- Alain Stéphan, Tous les Prénoms bretons, 1996, Éditions Jean-Paul Gisserot, →ISBN, page 63
Cebuano
editEtymology
editFrom English Kevin, from Irish Caoimhghin or Caoimhín, from Old Irish Cóemgen (literally “comely birth”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editKevin
- a male given name from English
Danish
editEtymology
editRecently borrowed from English Kevin.
Proper noun
editKevin
- a male given name
Estonian
editEtymology
editRecently borrowed from English Kevin.
Proper noun
editKevin
- a male given name
French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editRecently borrowed from English Kevin.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKevin m
- a male given name; masculine of Kevine
Usage notes
editThe name Kevin has come to be an undesirable name after its period of popularity in the 1990s. It has come to represent lower-class low-intellect uncouth boorish behaviour.[1]
Coordinate terms
edit- Kevine (f)
Noun
editKevin m (plural Kevins)
Synonyms
editReferences
editGerman
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Kevin. First popularised in the late 1970s after footballer Kevin Keegan, who played for Hamburger SV from 1977 to 1980.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKevin m (proper noun, strong, genitive Kevins, plural Kevins)
- a male given name
Usage notes
edit- In recent decades, Kevin has become rather stigmatised in German-speaking Europe as a name typical of the uneducated classes. To a lesser degree the same is also true of other English given names (an interesting contrast to the otherwise high prestige of the English language).
Derived terms
editNorwegian
editEtymology
editRecently borrowed from English Kevin.
Proper noun
editKevin
- a male given name
Portuguese
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English Kevin.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
editKevin m
- a male given name from English, equivalent to English Kevin
Derived terms
editSpanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKevin m
- a male given name from English, equivalent to English Kevin
Swedish
editEtymology
editRecently borrowed from English Kevin.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editKevin c (genitive Kevins)
- a male given name
Anagrams
edit- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-
- English terms derived from Irish
- English terms derived from Old Irish
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɛvɪn
- Rhymes:English/ɛvɪn/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/ɛvən
- Rhymes:English/ɛvən/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Irish
- British English
- English derogatory terms
- English slang
- English terms with quotations
- Breton lemmas
- Breton proper nouns
- Breton given names
- Breton male given names
- Cebuano terms borrowed from English
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano terms derived from Irish
- Cebuano terms derived from Old Irish
- Cebuano terms with IPA pronunciation
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- Cebuano terms spelled with V
- Cebuano given names
- Cebuano male given names
- Cebuano male given names from English
- Danish terms borrowed from English
- Danish terms derived from English
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish male given names
- Estonian terms borrowed from English
- Estonian terms derived from English
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian male given names
- French terms borrowed from English
- French terms derived from English
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French terms spelled with K
- French masculine nouns
- French given names
- French male given names
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French slang
- French French
- German terms borrowed from English
- German terms derived from English
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German given names
- German male given names
- Norwegian terms borrowed from English
- Norwegian terms derived from English
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian male given names
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
- Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English
- Portuguese terms derived from English
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with K
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese given names
- Portuguese male given names
- Portuguese male given names from English
- Spanish terms borrowed from English
- Spanish terms derived from English
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ebin
- Rhymes:Spanish/ebin/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish terms spelled with K
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish given names
- Spanish male given names
- Spanish male given names from English
- Swedish terms borrowed from English
- Swedish terms derived from English
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names