Gavin

English

Etymology

Medieval variant of Gawain, the name of an Arthurian knight, first recorded as Old French Gauvain. The form Gavin survived in Scotland and spread to other English-speaking countries in the 1960s. Doublet of Gawain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡævɪn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ævɪn

Proper noun

Gavin

1. A male given name from the Celtic languages
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Translations

male given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加文 (Jiāwén)

• French: Gauvain (fr)
• Galician: Galván (gl), Gauvain
• Italian: Gavino (it)

See also

• Gawaine, Gawain
• Gavan
• Gabhainn

Further reading

• http://www.medievalscotland.org/problem/names/gavin.shtml

Anagrams

• Givan, Vigan, vagin-, vigna