Given name & surname
Gauvain
“falcon”
Gauvain is a masculine given name from Old French. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gauvain goes back to Old French Gauvain, meaning “falcon.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Gauvain’s family of names
In French usage, Gauvain has a conventional equivalent in the English form Gavin. In French usage, Gauvain has a conventional equivalent in the English form Gawain. In French usage, Gauvain has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form GALVANO.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Gauvain has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Old French roots to each of them.
Old Frenchwhere Gauvain comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gauvain
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