Gavin

{{Infobox name

| caption = Gavin

| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|æ|v|ɪ|n}} {{respell|GAV-in}}

| gender = Masculine

| meaning = 'God-send', 'white hawk'

| origin = Primarily Scotland{{Cite web|url=https://nameberry.com/babyname/Gavin|title=Gavin: Name Meaning, Popularity, and Similar Names|access-date=17 February 2021}}
other Celtic nations

| related names = Gawain

}}

Gavin is a Celtic male given name.{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=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=0-19-861060-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC&pg=PT200 |access-date=14 October 2018 |page=200}} It is the Scottish variation of the medieval Welsh name Gawain, meaning 'God send' or 'white hawk/falcon'.{{cite book |last=Bolton |first=Lesley |title=The Complete Book of Baby Names |publisher=Sourcebooks |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-4022-0764-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/completebookofba00bolt |url-access=registration |access-date=24 January 2019 |via=Internet Archive}} Sir Gawain is a knight of King Arthur's Round Table. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an epic poem in which he beheads the Green Knight, who promptly replaces his head and threatens Gawain an identical fate the same time next year. Decapitation figures elsewhere: the Italian (and originally Sardinian) name Gavino{{cite book |last=Lansky |first=Bruce |title=100,000 + Baby Names: The Most Complete Baby Name Book |publisher=Simon and Schuster | year=2006 |isbn=978-0-684-03999-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KY0cAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA407 |access-date=21 May 2020 |page=407}}{{cite web |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gavino |access-date=21 May 2020|title=Gavino - |publisher=Wiktionary}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=gavino |access-date=21 May 2020|website=Ancestry.com }} is the name of an early Christian martyr (San Gavino, Porto Torres, Sardinia) who was beheaded in 300 AD, his head being thrown in the Mediterranean Sea, later recovered and interred with his body.

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