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Caoimhe - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Caoimhe

[ 2 syll. cao-(i)(m)he, ca-oi-mhe ] The girl name Caoimhe is pronounced KIY-Vah or KWIY-Vah KEY. Caoimhe's origin is Celtic, and its use, Irish and Scottish. Derived from the word caomh with the meaning 'fair, comely, gentle'. Caoimhe is the feminine version of the English, German, and Irish Kevin. Forms of the name include the Irish and Scottish Keavy, the Irish Keeva, and the English Kivi.

Caoimhe is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Caoimhe include the Hausa Coffee, the Hausa Coffie, the Irish and Scottish Keavy, the Swahili Kebibi, the Arabic Kifaya, the English Kivi, the Akan Kofi, the Hausa Cof, the Ewe Kafui, the Hawaiian Kapua, the Arabic Kashiefa, the Irish Keeva, the Indian Kesava, the Turkish Kubra, the English Cassiopeia, and the German Kassiopeia.

KEY: English pronunciation for Caoimhe: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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