Kevin

== English == === Etymology === Name 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 === enPR: kĕ'vĭn, IPA(key): /ˈkɛvɪn/, enPR: kĕ'vən, IPA(key): /ˈkɛvən/ Rhymes: -ɛvɪn, -ɛvən === Proper noun === Kevin (plural Kevins) A male given name from Irish. (UK, derogatory, slang) A working-class male. Synonym: Kev ==== Quotations ==== ==== Related terms ==== (pet form) Kev, Kevo, Kevinito, Kevvy, Kevy ==== Descendants ==== → Breton: Kevin → Cebuano: Kevin → Chinese: 凱文 / 凯文 (Kǎiwén) (transliteration) → 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 ==== === See also === === Anagrams === knive == Albanian == === Proper noun === Kevin m a male given name ==== Declension ==== == Breton == === Proper noun === Kevin m a male given name === References === Alain Stéphan, Tous les Prénoms bretons, 1996, Éditions Jean-Paul Gisserot, →ISBN, page 63 == Cebuano == === Etymology === From English Kevin, from Irish Caoimhghin or Caoimhín, from Old Irish Cóemgen (literally “comely birth”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Ke‧vin IPA(key): /ˈkebin/ [ˈki.bɪn̪] === Noun === Kevin a male given name from English == Danish == === Etymology === Recently borrowed from English Kevin. === Proper noun === Kevin a male given name == Estonian == === Etymology === Recently borrowed from English Kevin. === Proper noun === Kevin a male given name == French == === Alternative forms === Kévin, Keven, Kevyn, Keveen === Etymology === Recently borrowed from English Kevin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ke.vin/ === Proper noun === Kevin m a male given name; masculine of Kevine ==== Usage notes ==== The 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. ==== Coordinate terms ==== === Noun === Kevin m (plural Kevins) (slang, France) A boorish lower-class person of low intellect ==== Synonyms ==== === References === == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Kevin. First popularised in the late 1970s after footballer Kevin Keegan, who played for Hamburger SV from 1977 to 1980. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.vɪn/ === Proper noun === Kevin m (proper noun, strong, genitive Kevins, plural Kevins) a male given name ==== Usage notes ==== 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 ==== Kevinismus == Norwegian == === Etymology === Recently borrowed from English Kevin. === Proper noun === Kevin a male given name == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Kevin. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Kevin m a male given name from English, equivalent to English Kevin ==== Derived terms ==== Kevinho == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Kevin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkebin/ [ˈke.β̞ĩn] Rhymes: -ebin Syllabification: Ke‧vin === Proper noun === Kevin m a male given name from English, equivalent to English Kevin == Swedish == === Etymology === Recently borrowed from English Kevin. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Kevin c (genitive Kevins) a male given name === Anagrams === Viken, viken