Last Name GAVIN

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Meaning	The son of Gawen. Sir Gawaite was the hero of the battle with the giant Rhyence. The name, whether Gawen or Gavin, was popular in England and Scotland in the Middle Ages. In North Lancashire Gawen was still a well known first name in the 17th century. Male name GAVIN is a Latin spelling of its Cyrillic origins 'ГАВИН' (for the male) and 'ГАВИНА' (for its female versions). Below are some other possible Latin spellings of the Cyrillic versions of these names. Male versions of the name: 'GAVIN' 'GAWIN' Female versions of the name: 'GAVINA' 'GAWINA' .

Origin	English, Spanish, Swiss, Irish, Belgian, Belarusian

Rank	2,453 (2000 US census)	2,659 (1990 US census)

Count	13,515 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

78.36%, or 10590 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
17.25%, or 2331 total occurrences, as black,
0.53%, or 72 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.27%, or 36 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.22%, or 165 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.38%, or 322 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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