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Origin and popularity of the name NEVIN

Origin

Nevin : 2: Scottish and Irish (Leinster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Naoimhín (see also McNiven) a patronymic from a personal name representing a diminutive of naomh ‘saint’.1: Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cnáimhín ‘son of Cnámhín’ a Galway name or Ó Cnáimhín a Munster name meaning ‘descendant of Cnámhín’ a byname meaning ‘little bone’ used to refer to a thin man.

Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press

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    Variants of name NEVIN

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