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The galvin Surname

galvin Name Meaning and History

  1. Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gealbháin ‘descendant of Gealbhán’, a personal name from geal ‘bright’ + bán ‘white’.
  2. French: nickname for a cheerful drunkard, from Old French galer ‘to enjoy oneself’, also used in a transitive sense with the meaning ‘waste’, ‘consume’ + vin ‘wine’ (Latin vinum).
  3. French: from a variant of the personal name Gauvain (see Gavin).

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Distribution of galvin Families in the US in 1920
Number of galvin families
 231-460
 78-230
 1-77
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