KEVIN

Origin and etymology In historic texts In the 1881 census Distribution map

As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

KEVIN. Irish camhgin, "the beautiful offspring." O'Donovan, in Irish Penny Jouru., p. 327.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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