Wednesday, October 20, 2010

THE NAME KEVIN

hahaha! i know i'm bored so you don't have to tell me. just let me post this. i found this one on wikipedia. didn't know that kevin is a name originally from ireland! woah! so woah! what a very sosyal name. so here it is. the rest of the explanation of the name kevin.


KevinIrish Caoimhín (Old Irish CóemgeinMiddle Irish Caoimhghín), is a male first name of Irish origin. It is believed that Saint Kevin was the one who popularized the name, although Kevin is not a biblical name. Caoimhghín is believed to be derived from the Irish cóem "kind, honest, and handsome" and gein "birth".[1] Kevin is unrelated to the names Kelvin or Calvin. "Kevin" is one of the top 100 male baby names in CanadaCatalonia (within SpainChileFranceHungaryIreland, the NetherlandsNorthern IrelandNorwaySloveniaSpain (as a whole),Sweden and the United States.[2] It can also be spelled Kevyn, Keven, Kevan, or Kévin.
The female version of Caoimhín (Kevin) is Caoimhe (anglicised as Kiva or Keva).

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