Kelvin

Meaning: (Friend of Ships, Place name referring to a River, Narrow Water, From the River Clyde, Meadow Stream, From the Narrow River, A River of Scotland, Kelvin was first used as a personal name in the 1920s, perhaps in honor of Baron Kelvin (1824 - 1907), the British mathematician and physicist to whom the Kelvin scale of temperature is attributed.)

Origin: (English, Scottish, Gaelic)

Pronunciation: (KEL-vin, KEHL-vin, Go to this site and run your cursor over Kelvin to hear how it is said: http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=kelvin&submit=Submit)

Gender: Male

I wound up renaming one of my characters to Kelvin. I like the look and sound of the name. Kelvin is much more unique then Kevin or any other names Kelvin looks like. I had never seen or heard of any Kelvins in real life or in books or T.V. Then the other night I was watching an episode of Hoarders on T.V while waiting for my other show to start. Any way the hoarders husband who was an older man in his 40's probably, his name was Kelvin. I couldn't believe that was the first one I had seen with that name.