as a Last Name
- 12,667
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Galvin
Meaning & Origins
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gealbháin ‘descendant of Gealbhán’, a personal name from geal ‘bright’ + bán ‘white’.
| 2,874th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 12,667
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Galvin per capita
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