Kevin
Kevin is an anglicized male first name of Irish origin.
Origin and Meaning
The name comes from the Old Irish and is first occupied as Coemgen, medium irish Caoimhghin. The present form is in Irish Caoimhín ( [ kɰi ː v ʲ i ː n ʲ ] ). The known form Kevin is the anglicised version of the Irish name. The name means " beautiful and graceful of birth."
Name-day
Name day is on June 3 and June 6. It refers to Kevin of Glendalough, an Irish saint of the seventh century.
Distribution of the name
From the 1970s the name Kevin first appeared in the German " hit parade " of naming. 1977-1980 played the famous English professional footballer Kevin Keegan at the German club Hamburger SV. The name, however it reached no higher rankings. From the end of the eighties, there were significantly more children with this name: As of 1989, Kevin was among the 20 most common first names. 1991 Kevin was leaps and bounds the most popular German names; this can probably be on the successful film " Kevin - Home Alone " and the actor Kevin Costner, the this year's international breakthrough, lead back. In the following years, up until 2004, the name was most popular among the 30.
Variants
- Kewin (Polish )
" Kevinismus "
As to whether parents from lower social classes are more likely to give their children exotic or Anglo-American first names, there are different Aussgen. Due to the unusual and sudden popularity of the name originated from the term Kevin Kevinismus (or Chantalismus by first name Chantal ) of this tendency.
In the German dubbed version of Men in Black II about MiB Agent James Edwards says ( played by Will Smith) to his ex-partner, who lives under the alias Kevin Brown, " This sounds kevinistisch ".
One written at the University of Oldenburg Master's thesis according to which certain names of students actually produce prejudices to the teacher page. The name Kevin about am suggesting to teachers that the student behavioral problems and is less powerful and more likely to come from the lower class. Whether a student will, however, also treated worse, could not work out positively.
Bearers of the name
- Kevin Ayers (1944-2013), British singer and musician
- Kevin Bacon ( born 1958 ), American actor
- Kevin -Prince Boateng ( * 1987), German - Ghanaian footballer
- Kevin Costner ( b. 1955 ), American actor
- Kevin De Bruyne (* 1991), Belgian footballer
- Kevin Dicklhuber (* 1989), German football player
- Kevin Federline (born 1978 ), American dancer and rapper
- Kevin of Glendalough († 618 ), Irish saint
- Marc -Kevin Goellner (born 1970 ), German tennis player
- Kevin Grosskreutz (* 1988), German football player
- Kevin James (born 1965 ), American actor
- Kevin Keegan ( b. 1951 ), English footballer and coach
- Kevin Kern (born 1958 ), American pianist, musician and composer
- Kevin Kline ( b. 1947 ), American actor
- Kevin Koeppe (* 1992), German actor
- Kevin Kuranyi (* 1982 ), German football player
- Kevin McCarthy (1914-2010), American actor
- Kevin Müller ( * 1991), German football player
- Kevin Packet (* 1992), Belgian footballer
- Kevin Pannewitz (* 1991), German football player
- Kevin Rudd ( born 1957 ), Australian Foreign Minister and former Prime Minister
- Kevin Rudolf ( b. 1983 ), American pop rock singer and rapper
- Kevin Schindler ( * 1988), German football player
- Kevin Spacey ( born 1959 ), American actor
- Kevin Todd ( b. 1968 ), Canadian ice hockey player
- Kevin True ( * 1989), German motorcycle racer
Fictional people
- Kevin McCallister, the main person of the movies Kevin - Home Alone, Kevin - in New York alone, and Kevin - Alone against all
- Kevin Arnold, main character in the U.S. television series The Wonder Years
- Kevin Brown, Agent "K" as a postal worker in Men in Black II
Documents
- Male first name
- Irish personal name
- Celtic personal name
- English personal name