Message: "Daughters name" - Behind the Name

Daughters name

by Joanne (guest)

7/9/2001, 4:27 PM

Does anyone know the meaning of my daughters name Keavy? From what information I have gathered I beleive it to be of Irish background< other than that???

#Keavy

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- Nanaea +1

7/10/2001, 5:37 AM

I suspect that "Keavy" is a form of "Keeva", which is the anglicized form of the Gaelic name "Caoimhe". "Caoimhe" is pronounced "kee-va", and it is a word in the Irish Gaelic language which means: "gentleness", "loveliness", or "grace".

-- Nanaea

- caoimhe (guest)

8/29/2001, 5:13 AM

Re:pronounciation of the name

As read above you say Caoimhe should be pronounced keeva,however I was of the understanding it was qweeva.If I am incorrect I have been called the wrong name for the past 18 years.Which is it???

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