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The Name Kelvin - Origin and Meaning of Kelvin
  



The Name Kelvin - Origin and Meaning of Kelvin


Gender

Masculine

Origin of the Name Kelvin

Scottish Gaelic

Usage of the Name Kelvin

English

Meaning of the Name Kelvin

The name Kelvin is taken from the name of the Scottish river which runs through Glasgow into the Clyde.

Famous Bearers

Bearers of the name include Kelvin MacKenzie (born 1946), an English journalist and newspaper editor; Kelvin Sampson (born 1955), an American basketball coach; Kelvin Burt (born 1967), an English auto racing driver. As a title it was borne by Baron Kelvin, whose real name was William Thomson (1824 – 1907), an Irish-English physicist and engineer.
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