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I noticed the removal of some usages for the name Kevin, these being Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish, all of these labelled as "Modern" as well. What is the reason behind this? Because Kevin is a popular name in those languages:
-16,730 bearers in Spain (https://www.ine.es/widgets/nombApell/index.shtml?L=1)
-12,490 (first name) and 14,685 (second name) in Sweden
-3,426 in Denmark
-4,322 in Norway
(the source for the last three is https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Kevin)
It also seems to be not uncommon in Portuguese, Italian, Hungarian, Estonian, Czech, Slovak and Slovene, looking at the popularity charts.
Thanks in advance.
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-16,730 bearers in Spain (https://www.ine.es/widgets/nombApell/index.shtml?L=1)
-12,490 (first name) and 14,685 (second name) in Sweden
-3,426 in Denmark
-4,322 in Norway
(the source for the last three is https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Kevin)
It also seems to be not uncommon in Portuguese, Italian, Hungarian, Estonian, Czech, Slovak and Slovene, looking at the popularity charts.
Thanks in advance.
“Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist – while you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist!”
-Lori Greiner
Rate my PNLs: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/215535/145665
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Kevin's not that unusual of a name in Brazil. I know a few Brazilian Kevins. I don't think Brazilians would consider it a Portuguese name since it's clearly a foreign import, but it is used here.
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As you mentioned, Kevin was/is common in many other countries, so the choice was whether to exhaustively list all the modern usages, or to be more consistent with other entries and only list after the usage becomes more established. I opted for the latter. I kept German, French and Dutch because the name entered their top 5.
Hope that makes sense!
Hope that makes sense!
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It does, thank you! But I think other usages should be reflected as well. Seeing that Kevin's usage is now more established in French, German, Dutch and Spanish then the "Modern" label can be removed and keep it for Swedish, Danish and Norwegian. I also think Italian and Portuguese (being both labelled as "Modern" as well) could be added, since Kevin charted in Brazil, Portugal and Italy; in Italy has never left the top 70, according to the chart.
This message was edited 10/14/2024, 12:28 PM
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