Names related to Kevin: Keven, Kevon
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Kevin

Pronunciation: KEH-vin (key)

Origin of the name Kevin:

Anglicized form of the Irish Caoimhín, Caomghin (handsome, comely birth), which is derived from caomh (comely, beloved, kind).

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Kevin's one of my best friends. Best Saxaphone player EVER.

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Kev, K, Kip, Kevs, Kevers, Kevy, Kevo

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Kevin Costner, actor
Kevin Bacon, actor
Kevin Kline, actor
Kevin Dobson, actor
Kevin Dillon, actor
Kevin Whateley, actor
Kevin Kennedy, actor
Kevin Moran, footballer
Caoímhín Ó'Caoláin, politician

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Kevin was the child that was accidentally left behind in the "Home Alone" movies.

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