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Kayvan (also spelled Keyvan, Kayvon, Kaivon, Keivan, Kaywan, Kavon, or Kaevon [citation needed] Persian: کیوان) is a masculine given name and surname of Persian origin. It is a name for the planet Saturn.[1][2][3] It is related to the word for Saturn in several ancient languages, including Kaimanu[4] in Sumerian, Kajamānu[5][6] in Akkadian, Kewwān in Syriac,[7] Kiwan in Classical Mandaic, and "Kewan" (kywʾn')[8] in Middle Persian. That a 16th-century high priest of Stakhr was named Azar Kayvan suggests that "Kayvan" was used as a name for a person in Iran as early as that time, particularly among followers of Zoroastrianism. To date "Kayvan" is a popular name among families following Zoroastrianism. Kayvan is distinct from the similar Persian word Kayhan, which means "universe", and is also used as a masculine given name. To English speakers, the spelling Kayvon is closest to the Persian pronunciation, [keivɒːn]. "Saturday", the day of Saturn, finds its Classical Persian equivalent in "Keyvānshid".[9] Notable people with the name include:
Given name
[edit]Kaevon
[edit]- Kaevon Merriweather (born 1999), American football player
Kayvan
[edit]- Kayvan Khalatbari (born 1983), American entrepreneur
- Kayvan Mirhadi (born 1960), Iranian composer
- Kayvan Najarian, Iranian scientist
- Kayvan Novak (born 1978), British actor
Kayvon
[edit]- Kayvon Thibodeaux (born 2000), American football player
- Kayvon Webster (born 1991), American football player
- Kayvon Zand, American musician
Kavon
[edit]- Kavon Frazier (born 1994), American football player
- Kavon Hakimzadeh (born 1968), Iranian-American rear admiral
Keivan
[edit]- Keivan Amraei (born 1986), Iranian footballer
- Keivan Ghanbarzadeh (born 1990), Iranian high jumper
- Keivan Saket (born 1961), Iranian composer
- Keivan Stassun (born 1972), American physicist and astronomer
- Keivan Zarineh (born 1985), Italian-Iranian footballer
Keyvan
[edit]- Keyvan Andres (born 2000), German-Iranian racing driver
- Keyvan Jenkins (born 1961), American football player
- Keyvan Khosrovani (1938–2026), Iranian architect, lighting designer, fashion designer, and couturier
- Keyvan Moghissi (1927–2025), Iranian-British cardiothoracic surgeon and professor
- Keyvan Mottaghian (born 2002), Afghan footballer
- Keyvan Rafiee, Iranian political activist
- Keyvan Shovir (born 1985), Iranian-American street artist
- Keyvan Vahdani (1991–2019), Iranian footballer
Keywan
[edit]- Keywan Karimi (born 1985), Iranian filmmaker
- Keywan Riahi, Austrian scientist
Surname
[edit]Kayvan
[edit]- Azar Kayvan, Zoroastrian high priest of Istakhr and gnostic philosopher
Keyvan
[edit]- Anthony Keyvan (born 2000), American actor
- Morteza Keyvan (1921–1954), Iranian poet, art critic, newspaper editor, and political activist
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Dehkhoda Dictionary "Online" Archived 2014-12-17 at the Wayback Machine. No other meaning is given.
- ↑ Moin, Mohammad, (1997). Farhang-e Farsi (Persian Dictionary), Volume 6, p. 1644, Tehran, Amirkabir, ISBN 964-00-0164-3. No other meaning is given.
- ↑ "An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics - 1". dictionary.obspm.fr. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
- ↑ ""Tikaboo Sumerian Dictionary"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
- ↑ "Online Akkadian Dictionary" Archived 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, Association Assyrophile de France.
- ↑ The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Volume 8, p. 36.
- ↑ "kˀwn (kewwān) n.m. Saturn". cal.huc.edu. The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
- ↑ A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary, D. N. MacKenzie, Oxford University Press, London, 1971, p. 51. "pdf" Archived 2012-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Mithraism, it's [sic] Influence on Christianity", Iran Chamber Society.
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