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Name Gauvain

Meaning:

white hawk

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About the name Gauvain in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	French
Popularity:	no rank in any popularity list in this database
Similarly written:	Gavin Details

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About Gavin, the group of names with the same origin as Gauvain

Meaning/translation:	white hawk
Language of origin:	Welsh
Info about origin:	medieval Scottish form of a Norman-French name Gawain which derives from a Welsh name Gwalchgwyn
	in Arthurian legends Sir Gawain is a knight of the Round Table
Words:	gwalch = the hawk Welsh
	gwen = white, fair (in the sense of light-colored, blond), shining, holy Welsh
Topics:	Arthurian legend
Variants' top ranks:	26:Gavin Canada/BC 2010, 631:Gavyn USA 2008, 685:Gaven USA 2003
Old/original forms:	Gawain Old French, Gwalchgwyn Welsh
Name variants:	Gauvain, Gaven, Gavin, Gavyn Sortable list Details