Given name

Kévin

“a beloved and handsome man”

In French use, Kévin has a related form in Kevin. One interpretation is “a beloved and handsome man.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

In French use, Kévin has a related form in Kevin. One interpretation is “a beloved and handsome man.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Kévin is a form of Kevin. Kevin comes from English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kévin’s family of names

In French usage, Kévin has a diminutive in Kéké. In French usage, Kévin has a related form in Kevin. In French usage, Kévin has a conventional equivalent in the English form Kevin.

Walk Kévin’s family in the name graph

KévinΚέβινKevinKévinnKékéKewinCaomhanCoemgenus

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Kévin has relatives in 4 languages.

French

3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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