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Meaning of the nameKevyn

Kevyn is a spelling of the name Kevin, which means “beloved birth”.

Meaning

“beloved birth”

Meaning of the name Kevin, of which Kevyn is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Kevin · Behind the Name: Kevin

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People (2022)
3,586
Rank in Brazil
#3,446
Median age
13 years
2010 Census
1,782
people

Kevyn in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kevyn, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (1,615 people).

38 women 3,548 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Kevyn is most common

States with the highest share of people named Kevyn in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio de Janeiro 0.003%
  2. São Paulo 0.003%
  3. Rio Grande do Sul 0.003%
  4. Paraná 0.002%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,0950.003%
Rio de Janeiro4710.003%
Minas Gerais3400.002%
Rio Grande do Sul2740.003%
Paraná2230.002%
Bahia1590.001%
Santa Catarina1140.002%
Goiás1140.002%
Pará1100.001%
Espírito Santo860.002%
Pernambuco830.001%
Maranhão650.001%
Ceará530.001%
Paraíba510.001%
Amazonas500.001%
Distrito Federal500.002%
Alagoas410.001%
Mato Grosso400.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul340.001%
Sergipe340.002%
Rio Grande do Norte260.001%
Rondônia230.002%
Piauí190.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Kevyn

With a Y in place of the I, it is a rare variant of the name in English and appears mostly among people born in the 2000s and 2010s.

About the name Kevin

According to Wiktionary, Kevin entered Portuguese as an unadapted borrowing from English. In English, the name comes from the Irish Caoimhín, from the Old Irish Cóemgen, 'beloved birth', and Behind the Name reads the elements as cóem, 'beloved, gentle', and gein, 'birth'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 56,596 people named Kevin, with a median age of 16; proportionally, the name is most common in Amapá.

Other spellings of Kevin

SpellingPeople (2022)
Kevin56,596
Kevyn3,586

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Kevin · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Kevin · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Kevyn · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Kevyn

What does the name Kevyn mean?

Kevyn means “beloved birth”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Kevin, of which Kevyn is a spelling.

How many people are named Kevyn in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,586 people with the first name Kevyn, which ranks it number 3,446 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Kevyn a boy's or a girl's name?

Kevyn is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 38 women and 3,548 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Kevyn?

Kevyn is a name of Celtic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Kevyn most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.003% of the state's population is named Kevyn (471 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kevyn?

Kevin. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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