Gavin

in California

There are 758 people with the last name "Gavin" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Gavin 3,536
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  1. is 3,532nd most common Keck
  2. is 3,533rd most common Sandberg
  3. is 3,534th most common Yau
  4. is 3,535th most common Ebert
  5. is 3,536th most common Gavin
  6. is 3,537th most common Hutchings
  7. is 3,538th most common Martens
  8. is 3,539th most common Glick
  9. is 3,540th most common Myles

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gavin

Michael, John, James, Patrick, Thomas, Sean, Timothy, William, Robert, Mary



Meaning & History

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).

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

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.

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

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


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