Gavin Family History
Gavin Name Meaning
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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Name Distribution of Gavin Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gavin families
 104 - 205  35 - 103 |
 1 - 34  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gavin families
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160 - 318 54 - 159 |
1 - 53 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gavin families
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124 - 245 42 - 123 |
1 - 41 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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