Gavilan

See also: Gavilán and gavilán

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Gavilán, from gavilán (“sparrow hawk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaviˈlan/, [ɡɐ.vɪˈlan]

• IPA^(key): /ɡabiˈlan/, [ɡɐ.bɪˈlan]
• Hyphenation: Ga‧vi‧lan

Proper noun

Gavilán (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊᜒᜎᜈ᜔)

1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gavilan is the 8,412nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 1,740 individuals.