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Kevin is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name Caoimhín ([kiːvʲiːnʲ], Middle Irish: Caoimhghín [kəiṽʲʝiːnʲ], Old Irish: Cóemgein [koiṽʲɣʲinʲ], latinized Coemgenus), composed of Irish caomh (Old Irish cóem) "dear; noble" and -gin (Old Irish gein) "birth".
The variant Kevan is anglicized from Caoimheán, an Irish diminutive form. The feminine version of the name is Caoimhe (anglicised as Keeva or Kweeva).