Gavino

{{Infobox name

| caption = Gavino

| pronunciation = {{IPA|it|ɡaˈviːno|lang}}

| gender = Male

| meaning = from Gabii

| language = Italian

| origin = Latin

| variant forms = Gabino, Baingio

}}

Gavino is a male given name. It is common in Sardinia, due to its being the Italianised form of the Sardinian language personal name Gavinu or Baingiu.{{cite book|last=De Felice|first=Emidio|author-link=Emidio De Felice|title=Dizionario dei nomi italiani|publisher=Mondadori|language=Italian|year=1995|edition=3|location=Milan|isbn=88-04-36048-8}} Despite its form, it is unrelated to Gavin, dating back to ancient Latin (meaning "from Gabii"). Saint Gavinus (San Gavino, Porto Torres, Sardinia) was an early Christian martyr, a former Roman centurion beheaded in 300 AD, whose head was thrown in the Mediterranean Sea before being reunited with his body.

People with the given name include:

• Gavino Angius (born 1946), Italian politician
• Gavino Contini (1855–1915), Sardinian-Italian poet
• Gavino Gabriel (1881–1980), Italian composer and musicologist
• Gavino Ledda (born 1938), Italian writer and scholar
• Gavino Matta (1910–1954), Italian boxer