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View Name: Kelvin


KELVIN
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: KEL-vin   [key]
Meaning & History
From the name of a Scottish river, perhaps meaning "narrow water". As a title it was borne by the Irish-Scottish physicist William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), who acquired his title from the river.
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