网页Kavanagh Name Meaning. Irish: from Caomhánach, an adjectival epithet meaning ‘belonging to (Saint) Caomhán ’, whose personal name means ‘little beautiful one’. Etymologically, the first part of the name is the same as that in Kevin . History: The first known bearer of the epithet was Domhnall Caomhánach (Donal Kavanagh, died in 1175 ...