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GAVIN

in Alabama

There are 147 people with the last name "GAVIN" in Alabama.

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GAVIN 3,401
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  1. is 3,397th most common Dement
  2. is 3,398th most common Elledge
  3. is 3,399th most common Fowlkes
  4. is 3,400th most common Fryer
  5. is 3,401st most common Gavin
  6. is 3,402nd most common Groover
  7. is 3,403rd most common Hooker
  8. is 3,404th most common Jelks
  9. is 3,405th most common Linn

Similar Names and Nicknames

Gavigan, Gaviria, Gavino, Gavitt, Gavilanes, Gavidia, Gavina, Gavilan, Gavins, Gaviola

Most Common First Names for GAVIN

Mary, Donald, Candace, Glenda, Jennifer, John, Lawrence, Lucinda, Lynn, Brian

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Meaning & History

1. Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gábháin or Ó Gáibhín, both of which Woulfe derives from diminutives of gábhadh ‘want’ or ‘danger’ (the second being the more likely meaning here).

2. Scottish: reduced form of McGavin, which is believed to be an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gobhann ‘son of the smith’.

3. Scottish and northern English: from a personal name popular in the Middle Ages in the Middle English form Gawayne as well as the Old French Gauvin. The name was introduced from French versions of the Arthurian romances, where this name was borne by one of the knights of the Round Table, the brother of Galahad and Mordred and a nephew of Arthur. It is probably from an Old Welsh personal name composed of the elements gwalch ‘hawk’ + gwyn ‘white’, influenced in part by Breton forms.

4. French and Swiss French: possibly a nickname for someone with a goiter or prominent Adam's apple, from a word meaning ‘throat’, ‘crop’.

5. In some cases possibly Castilianized form of Aragonese Gabín, a habitational name from Gabín, a place in Uesca province, Aragon.

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