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Chris vs Kevin - What's the difference?

chris | kevin |

As proper nouns the difference between chris and kevin

is that chris is a diminutive of the male given names Christopher and, less commonly, of Christian while Kevin is a given name derived from Irish. It first became popular outside Ireland in the mid-twentieth century.

chris

English

Proper noun

  • A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and, less commonly, of Christian.
  • A diminutive of the female name Christina and of its variant forms.
    • English diminutives of male given names English diminutives of female given names ----

    kevin

    English

    Proper noun

    (Kevins)
  • . It first became popular outside Ireland in the mid-twentieth century.
  • (British, pejorative, slang) A working-class male.

    • Related terms

    * pet form: Kev

    Quotations

    * 1990 Ruth Rendell: Going Wrong ISBN 0091743001 page 157: *: "Guy," he said. He said it slowly and with a certain puzzlement. He said it again, thoughtfully, as if it were a name of someone he had known long ago but couldn't quite place. "Guy. Yes - don't you find it difficult being called that? I mean, if Nora hadn't said, I'd have put you down as a Kevin , or a Barry. Yes, Barry would suit you." *: He looked like an innocent child, smiling, wide-eyed, his cheeks plump and rosy, defying the object of his insults to take offence. * 1996 Frank McCourt: Angela's Ashes . Harper Collins Publishers. ISBN 0 00 649840 X page 203: *: They sit by the fire smoking and talking about names. Mam says she likes the names Kevin' and Sean but Bridey says, Ah no, there's too many of them in Limerick. Jesus, Angela, if you stuck your head out of the door and called , ' Kevin or Sean, come in for your tea, you'd have half o' Limerick running to your door.

    See also

    * Sharon ----