Given name & surname
Bevin
“daughter of Evan”
Bevin is used as a given name and a surname. One Welsh interpretation is “daughter of Evan.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Welsh interpretation is “daughter of Evan.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Welsh.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bevin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,173
- 136 boys · 1,037 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 64 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −62%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 58 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,286 as a first name in 2020; 125 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bevin’s family of names
Bevin has a related form in Bevan. Bevin has a related form in Bevan. Bevin has a related form in Bebhinn.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Bevynvariant
- Bevanvariant
- Bevynevariant
- Bevynavariant
- Bevinnahvariant
- Bevinevariant
- Bevinavariant
- Bevannevariant
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People named Bevin
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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