# Kevan

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**Kevan** is a given name, a variant of the name [Kevin](/source/Kevin) (*Caoimheán* or *Caomhán*, an Irish diminutive form of *Caoimhín*; also anglicized *Cavan*).[1] The feminine variant is *[Caoimhe](/source/Caoimhe)* (anglicised as *Keeva* or *Kweeva*).

**Kevan** is also an Irish surname, an anglicization of *Ó Géibheannaigh* (also rendered [Keaveney](/source/Keaveney)) or *[Caomhánach](/source/Caomh%C3%A1nach)*.

## Given name

- [Kevan Barbour](/source/Kevan_Barbour) (born 1949), international cricket umpire from Zimbabwe
- [Kevan Barlow](/source/Kevan_Barlow) (born 1979), former American football running back
- [Kevan Broadhurst](/source/Kevan_Broadhurst) (born 1959), English former professional footballer, coach and football manager
- [Kevan Brown](/source/Kevan_Brown) (born 1966), retired English professional footballer
- [Kevan George](/source/Kevan_George) (born 1990), Trinidadian footballer
- [Kevan Gosper](/source/Kevan_Gosper), AO (1933–2024), Australian athlete and administrator
- [Kevan Guy](/source/Kevan_Guy) (born 1965), Canadian former professional ice hockey player
- [Kevan Hamilton](/source/Kevan_Hamilton) (born 1934), former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League
- [Kevan Hurst](/source/Kevan_Hurst) (born 1985), English professional footballer
- [Kevan James](/source/Kevan_James) (born 1961), educated at the Edmonton County School, in the London Borough of Enfield
- [Kevan Jones](/source/Kevan_Jones) (born 1964), British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for North Durham since 2001
- [Kevan Miller](/source/Kevan_Miller) (born 1987), American professional ice hockey defenseman
- [Kevan Smith (footballer)](/source/Kevan_Smith_(footballer)) (born 1959), English former footballer
- [Kevan Smith (baseball)](/source/Kevan_Smith_(baseball)) (born 1988), American professional baseball catcher
- [Kevan Tebay](/source/Kevan_Tebay) (1936–1996), English cricketer active from 1959 to 1963

## Surname

- [Joseph Kevan](/source/Joseph_Kevan) (1855–1891), English cricketer active in 1875
- [Douglas Keely Kevan](/source/Douglas_Keely_Kevan) (1895–1968) and his son [D. K. M. Kevan](/source/D._K._M._Kevan) (1920–1991), entomologists
- [Derek Kevan](/source/Derek_Kevan) (1935–2013), English footballer
- [Martin Kevan](/source/Martin_Kevan) (1947–2013), Canadian actor, voice actor, and author
- [Dave Kevan](/source/Dave_Kevan) (born 1968), former Scottish footballer

## Fictional characters

- [Kevan Lannister](/source/Kevan_Lannister), a fictional character in the *[A Song of Ice and Fire](/source/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire)* series of fantasy novels by American author [George R. R. Martin](/source/George_R._R._Martin) and its television adaptation *[Game of Thrones](/source/Game_of_Thrones)*. He is the younger brother of [Tywin Lannister](/source/Tywin_Lannister).
- [Keevan (*Star Trek*)](/source/Keevan_(Star_Trek))

## See also

- [Caomhán of Inisheer](/source/Caomh%C3%A1n_of_Inisheer)
- [Caomhán mac Connmhach](/source/Caomh%C3%A1n_mac_Connmhach)
- [Kevin](/source/Kevin), given name
- [Kevon](/source/Kevon), given name
- [Kavin](/source/Kavin), given name
- [KVAN (disambiguation)](/source/KVAN_(disambiguation))
- [Keyvan (disambiguation)](/source/Keyvan_(disambiguation))
- [Klevan](/source/Klevan)

## References

1. *A Dictionary of First Names*. [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press) (2007) s.v. "Kevin".

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