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I was born in 1956 in Brittany and never heard about "Kevin" as a first name before the 1980'. My opinion is this is just because of the explosions of medias th
by JPLeRouzic 4y ago
I was born in 1956 in Brittany and never heard about "Kevin" as a first name before the 1980'. My opinion is this is just because of the explosions of medias that occurred at that time (end of ORTF, massive invasion of US TV shows and series)
- orwin 4y agoDon't you think in the 90s, Celtic first names in general came back? I knew a lot of 'guillian', 'kevin' (and alternative graphie like 'kevan'), and even Bleuen, Marwen ? I felt like my parents generation celtics name were Yann and Patrick, and in mine it was much more diverse. I never heard of the expression 'kevin' to talk about annoying or oblivious kids until I left Brittany (then internet arrived and everything changed). It might be because of the invasion of us tv shows, but don't you think there was regionalism also in the area?
- Leherenn 4y agoAlso first names were very restricted before 1993. There were some regionalism allowed, but I am not sure to which extent.
- JPLeRouzic 4y ago> Don't you think in the 90s, Celtic first names in general came back? Yes, certainly. And Celtic culture was more mainstream in the 1990' thanks to events like the Interceltic festival of Lorient [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_Interceltique_de_Lorient https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_Interceltique_de_Lori...