Fun Facts About the Name Quevin
- 21 babies named Quevin: U.S. records list 21 babies given the name Quevin from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Quevin Mean?
Quevin is most plausibly a respelled form of Kevin, the English form of Irish Caoimhín. Caoimhín is a diminutive of the Irish adjective caomh, meaning 'dear, gentle, kind,' so the name literally means 'little dear one' or 'little gentle one.' The short meaning 'dear, gentle one' follows that Irish source. A customary English gloss sometimes gives the meaning as 'beloved' or 'handsome,' which are looser interpretations rather than direct translations of caomh. The Qu- spelling does not add a separate meaning; it represents the same /k/ sound that C- or K- spells in Kevin.
Quevin Name History & Origins
The name behind Quevin is Irish Caoimhín, anglicized as Kevin. Its best-known early bearer is Saint Kevin (Caoimhín), a sixth-century hermit and founder of the monastery at Glendalough in County Wicklow, who died around 618. Devotion to him kept the name in use in Ireland, and Irish emigration carried the anglicized form Kevin into English-speaking countries. The English spelling reflects the pronunciation of the Irish name, in which an initial C before a slender vowel is pronounced /k/.
Quevin belongs to the same name as a spelling variation. Writing the /k/ sound before e as qu is normal in Spanish, Portuguese, and French, so a Qu- respelling keeps the Kevin pronunciation while following those spelling conventions. For that reason Quevin is treated here as a variant of Kevin rather than as a name with its own separate linguistic root, and its development is the development of the parent name plus a change in spelling.
How Popular is the Name Quevin?
Quevin has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2007. Its best rank was #12,013 in 2007.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | #14,111 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2007 | #12,013 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #12,882 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #12,040 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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