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'''Gavin'''
'''Gavin''' is a male [[given name]].<ref name="Hanks Hardcastle Hodges 2006">{{cite book |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |authorlink=Patrick Hanks |last2=Hardcastle |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] | series=Oxford paperback reference |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC&pg=PT200 |access-date=14 October 2018 |page=200}}</ref> It is a variation on the medieval name Gawain, meaning "god send" or "little white falcon"<ref name="Lesley Bolton 2009">{{cite book |last=Bolton |first=Lesley|authorlink=Lesley Bolton|title=The Complete Book of Baby Names|publisher=[[Sourcebooks, Inc]] | year=2009 |isbn=1402207646 |url=https://books.google.it/books?redir_esc=y&id=x9AY2AdyDkEC&q=white+hawk#v=onepage&q=gavin&f=false |access-date=24 January 2019}}</ref>. Sir Gawain was a knight of [[King Arthur's Round Table]]. ''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]'' is an epic poem connected with [[King Arthur]]'s [[Round Table]]. Gavin also shares an origin with the Italian name Gavino, which dates back to ancient [[Latin]]. Saint [[Gavinus]] ([[San Gavino, Porto Torres]], [[Sardinia]]) was an early Christian martyr, an ex–Roman centurion decapitated in 300 AD, whose head was thrown in the Mediterranean Sea before being reunited with his body.


== People with the given name ==
== People with the given name ==

Revision as of 16:05, 13 September 2019

Gavin
Pronunciation/ˈɡævɪn/ GAV-in
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameCeltic/Welsh
Meaning“God-send”, “little white falcon”
Other names
Related namesGawain

Gavin

People with the given name

Fictional characters

People with the surname

Fictional characters
  • Maggie Gavin, a character in the television series Rescue Me
  • Teddy Gavin, a character in the television series Rescue Me
  • Tommy Gavin, protagonist of the television series Rescue Me

See also

References

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