Kevina as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kevina

What is the meaning of the name Kevina ?

The baby name Kevina is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /kɛˈviːnə/ (keh-VEE-nah).

Kevina is Irish in Origin.

Kevina is the feminine form of Kevin, the Anglicized Irish name from Gaelic Caoimhin (Old Irish Coemgein). Its elements are caomh, meaning "gentle, kind, beautiful, beloved," and gein, "birth, offspring," giving the sense "of gentle or noble birth" or "beloved, comely child." The name carries the same saintly association as Kevin through St. Kevin of Glendalough, a 6th to 7th century monk widely venerated in Ireland.

While the masculine Kevin was well established in medieval Ireland and surged in the English-speaking world in the mid-20th century, Kevina emerged during that period as a modern feminization and has remained comparatively rare. Usage appears sporadically in Ireland, the UK, North America, and parts of continental Europe. Variants and related forms include Kevina/Kevine (French), Keva and Vina as short forms, and the masculine counterpart Kevin; Keeva (from Irish Caoimhe) is sometimes associated but is etymologically distinct though sharing the root caomh.