Kevin
Meaning of Kevin
Kevin is the anglicized form of the Irish name Caoimhín, formed from the Old Irish elements cóem, meaning kind, gentle or handsome, and gein, meaning birth. It is pronounced KEV-in.
The name is closely associated with Saint Kevin, who founded the monastery at Glendalough in County Wicklow in the sixth century and is a patron saint of Dublin. Well-known namesakes include actor and director Kevin Costner and basketball star Kevin Durant. In film, Kevin McCallister is the young hero of Home Alone.
In the U.S., Kevin peaked at 11th in 1963, when 30,613 babies received the name, and it was still 28th in 1997. It has fallen since then and ranked 221st in 2025, with 1,628 babies.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as KEV-in (/ˈkɛv.ɪn/)
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Notable People Named Kevin
| Kevin Yanick Steen, known in WWE as Kevin Owens, is a Canadian wrestler on SmackDown currently on hiatus with a neck injury as of April 2025. |
| Kevin Durant is an American NBA superstar with two titles, league and Finals MVPs, four scoring titles, four Olympic golds, 15 All-Star and 11 All-NBA selections, NBA 75th Team honors, and he ranks eighth all-time in scoring. |
| Kevin Smith is an American filmmaker writer and actor who rose to fame with Clerks and created the View Askewniverse set in New Jersey featuring Jay and Silent Bob. |
| Kevin De Bruyne is a Belgian midfielder for Napoli and Belgium, widely regarded as one of the best at his peak and second among European international assist providers with 53. |
| Kevin Spacey Fowler is an American actor celebrated for stage and screen, a two time Academy Award winner with a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, two Olivier Awards, 12 Emmy nominations, and an honorary KBE in 2015. |
| Kevin Michael Costner is an American actor and filmmaker who has won two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. |
| Kevin Hart is an American comedian and actor honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and nominated for two Grammys and four Primetime Emmys. |
| Kevin MacDonald - Kevin B. MacDonald is a retired evolutionary psychology professor at California State University Long Beach known for promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories and white supremacist views. |
| Kevin Gates, born Kevin Jerome Gilyard, is an American rapper and entrepreneur whose debut album Islah reached number two on the Billboard 200 after several top 40 mixtapes. |
| Kevin Alan Holland is an American mixed martial artist and former kickboxer who competes at welterweight and middleweight in the UFC, has fought for Bellator, King of the Cage and LFA, and is ranked 15th at welterweight as of August 2025. |
| Kevin Norwood Bacon is an acclaimed American actor known for diverse leading roles and awards such as a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award. |
| Kevin Tighe is an American actor active since the late 1960s best known for playing firefighter paramedic Roy DeSoto on the 1970s NBC series Emergency. |
| American actor Kevin Sorbo starred as Hercules on Hercules The Legendary Journeys and as Captain Dylan Hunt on Andromeda and had his first leading film role in Kull the Conqueror in 1997. |
| Kevin Mitnick was a renowned hacker turned security consultant and author who, after a controversial 1995 arrest and five years in prison for computer crimes, founded Mitnick Security Consulting and built a career in cybersecurity. |
