Aidan
Name of an Irish saint, Anglicized from Irish Aodhán and Scottish Gaelic Aodhan, diminutives of Aodh (literally "fire", the name of a Celtic sun god).
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Aidano
From English Aidan, from Irish Aodhán.
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- masculine
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- 3 syllables
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Aiden
A male given name from Irish, variant of Aidan.
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- mixed
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- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Aileen
A female given name from Irish, variant of Eileen.
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Aislinn
Borrowed from Irish Aisling.
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Aoife
Borrowed from Irish Aoife. The name is unrelated to the Biblical name Eva, which was rendered as Éabha in Irish. However, due to the lack of a more precise alternative familiar…
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- feminine
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- 1 syllable
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- ends E
Ava
A female given name from Hebrew, a variant of Eva.
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends A
Barry
Anglicized form of Irish Bairre, short form of Fionnbharr, from fionn (“white”) + barr (“head”).
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends Y
Brandán
Borrowed from Irish Bréanainn (via Latin Brendanus), from Old Irish Brénainn, from Old Welsh breenhin (“prince, king”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brigantīnos (“(someone)…
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Brandon
From Middle English Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from Old English brōmdūn, from brōm (“broom shrub”) + dūn (“hill, dune”). Doublet of Branton. From Irish Mac…
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Brendan
Anglicized form of the name of Irish saints, Irish Bréanainn (via Latin Brendanus), from Old Irish Brénainn, from Old Welsh breenhin (“prince, king”), ultimately from…
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Brenden
A variant spelling of Brendan.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Brennan
From Irish Ó Braonáin (“descendant of Braonán”), a diminutive of braon (“moisture, drop”). Alternatively, from Irish Ó Branáin (“descendant of Branán”), a diminutive of bran…
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Brian
Borrowed from Irish Brian. Doublet of Brendan. Via English Brian from Irish Brian, ultimately from Breton Brien. From English Brian, from Irish Brian.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Bridget
English form of the Irish saints' name Brighid, Brigid. Doublet of Bride.
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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Brigid
From Irish Brighid, from Old Irish Brigit, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī (“high, exalted”).
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends D
Brígida
Borrowed from Irish Brigid.
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- feminine
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- 3 syllables
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- ends A
Brjánn
From Old Norse Brjánn (referring to the Irish king Brian Boru), from Irish Brian.
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- masculine
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- 1 syllable
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Bryan
A male given name from Irish, a less common alternative spelling of Brian.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Brygida
Borrowed from Irish Brighid.
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- feminine
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- 3 syllables
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- ends A
Bryon
A male given name from Irish, a nonstandard spelling of Brian.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Cadhla
From Irish cadhla (“beautiful”).
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends A
Callahan
From Irish Ó Ceallacháin, from Ceallachán, diminutive of the given name Ceallach. Doublet of Kelly and Kellogg.
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- masculine
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- 3 syllables
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Canizio
a male given name ultimately from Irish, equivalent to English Kenneth
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- masculine
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- 3 syllables
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- ends O
Caolan
Borrowed from Irish Caolán.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Cataldo
Maybe from Irish Cathal. Compare Sicilian Cataudu.
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- masculine
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- 3 syllables
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- ends O
Cathleen
A female given name from Irish, a less common spelling of Kathleen.
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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Ciaran
Borrowed from Irish Ciarán.
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- mixed
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- 2 syllables
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Colleen
From the word colleen, from Irish cailín (“girl”), not used as a name in Ireland. Colleen can also be interpreted as a variant of Coleen, which was a product of marketing by…
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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Colm
From Irish Colm, from Late Latin Columba (literally “dove”), the name of a sixth century saint, one of the patron saints of Ireland and Scotland. Doublet of Calum. From Middle…
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- masculine
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- 1 syllable
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Colman
From the Irish saints' name Colmán, diminutive of Colm, from Latin columba (“dove”).
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Conan
From Irish Conán, from Middle Irish Conán, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚑᚅᚐᚅᚅ (conann), a derivative of Proto-Celtic *kū (“dog”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Conley
Anglicization of Irish Ó Conghalaigh and Ó Conghaile, patronyms of Conghalach. Doublet of Connolly
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Connor
The first name is from Irish Conchúr, Conchobhar, from Old Irish Conchobar (“lover of hounds”). The surname is from Irish Ó Conchúir (“descendant of Conchúr”).
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Cormac
Borrowed from Irish, from Old Irish Cormac.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends C
Cormack
From the Old Irish given name Cormac. The town in Newfoundland is named after explorer and entrepreneur William Epps Cormack (1796 - 1868).
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends K
Cormick
From Scottish Gaelic or from Irish Cormac, from Old Irish Cormac, Corbmac, from corb ("chariot") + mac ("son"). Many books also connect the name to an Irish word for "raven".
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends K
Cushla
From Irish cuisle (“pulse”); compare acushla, macushla.
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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Dara
An Irish saint's name, from Irish Dáire. From Persian دارا (dārā), equivalent to Darius.
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- mixed
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- 2 syllables
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Deirdre
From Irish Deirdre, from Old Irish Derdriu. From Old Irish Derdriu. From Old Irish Derdriu.
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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Dermot
From Irish Diarmaid. Doublet of Jeremy.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Derry
From Irish Doire, from doire (“oak grove”), from Old Irish daire (“oak forest”), from Proto-Celtic *daru.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends Y
Desmond
From Irish Ó Deasmhumhnaigh.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Diedre
From Irish Deirdre.
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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Domhnall
Borrowed from Irish Domhnall. Doublet of Donald.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Donovan
From Irish Ó Donndubháin (“descendant of (a person named) brown & black”), from donn (“brown”) and dubh (“black”).
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- masculine
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- 3 syllables
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Eamon
Borrowed from Irish Éamann (“Edmund”). Doublet of Edmund.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Eileen
From Anglicized forms of Irish Eibhlín, Eilín or Aibhilín in Middle English and Modern English, all cognates of Evelyn from Old French Aveline. Sometimes also used for the…
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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Eilish
From Irish Eilís (“Elizabeth”).
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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Etna
Possibly an anglicisation of Irish Eithne.
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends A
Finbar
Borrowed from Irish Fionnbharr.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends R
Finn
An Old and Middle Irish form of Fionn.
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- masculine
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- 1 syllable
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Fiona
From Irish fionn (“fair, white”). In use before 1713. Popularized by James Macpherson (see 1765 quotation), and perhaps by the 19th-century Scottish writer William Sharp, who…
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- ends A
Heber
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עֵבֶר (ʿĒḇer). The town in Arizona is named after either Heber C. Kimball or Heber J. Grant, both Mormon leaders. Borrowed from Irish Éibhear.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends R
Kathleen
Anglicization of Caitlín, an Irish equivalent of the English Catherine.
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Keelin
Borrowed from Irish Caoilfhionn, from caol (“thin, slender”) + fionn (“light, fair”).
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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Keenan
From Irish Cianán, a diminutive of Cian.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Kerrigan
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ciaragáin (“grandson/descendant of Ciaragán”), a byname from a double diminutive of ciar (“black”).
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- feminine
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- 3 syllables
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Kevan
A male given name from Irish, variant of Kevin.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Kevin
Name of a seventh-century Irish saint, from Irish Caoimhghin or Caoimhín, from Old Irish Cóemgen (literally “dear birth/person”). It first became popular outside Ireland in the…
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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