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Name Gaven

Meaning:

white hawk

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About the name Gaven in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
US 2024 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Galen, Gavin, Gavyn, Haven, Javen, Raven, Raven, Aaden, Aaren, Aden Details

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

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

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Popularity lists that contain the name Gaven

Series	Graph	Rankings
USA yearly	Graph	2008 921, 2007 896, 2006 948, 2005 770, 2004 720, 2003 685, 2002 728, 2001 832, 2000 845, 1999 949