The name Gavin is of English origin and means "White Hawk." The origin is the culture in which the name originated, or in the case of a word--the language in which it most appears.
English medieval form of Gawain.
Gavin is on 11,758 BN name lists Gavin is currently #37 on the BN charts Gavin is currently #96 in U.S. births
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