Kevin

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈkɛvɪn//
//ˈkɛvən//

A male given name from Irish.

proper noun

1
A male given name from Irish.
“My message to Kevin McCarthy is, take all of her committee assignments away … also, don’t support her when she runs for re-election again and try to get her primaried. If you say this is not your party, actually call it out and hold her accountable,” Hogg told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on “New Day.”
2
slangA working-class male.

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.

Forms

plural: Kevins

kettle · A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal…Kettle · A surname.Kev · A diminutive of the male given name Kevin.

Kevin · A male given name from Irish.

key · An object designed to open and close a lock or to activate or…Key · A surname.keyboard · A set of keys laid out in a gridlike pattern, used for typing…

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