Gavin

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Gavin is a Celtic male given name.[1][2] It is the Scottish variation of the medieval Welsh name Gawain, meaning 'God send' or 'white hawk/falcon'.[3] 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[4][5][6] 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.

Pronunciation/ˈɡævɪn/ GAV-in
GenderMasculine
Word/namePrimarily Scotland[1]
other Celtic nations
Meaning'God-send', 'white hawk'
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Gavin
Pronunciation/ˈɡævɪn/ GAV-in
GenderMasculine
Origin
Word/namePrimarily Scotland[1]
other Celtic nations
Meaning'God-send', 'white hawk'
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Related namesGawain
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