[2] The variant Kevan is anglicised from Caoimheán, an Irish diminutive form.
Saint Kevin (d. 618) founded Glendalough abbey in the Kingdom of Leinster in 6th-century Ireland.
[8][9] The name peaked markedly in the early 1990s, reaching first rank in France (sometimes spelt Kévin) during 1989–1994,[8] during 1991–1992 in Switzerland and in 1991 in Germany.
[citation needed] In German markets, Home Alone was released as Kevin – Allein zu Haus.
[10] Kevinismus has become German short-hand for negative social preconceptions about trendy or exotic names.