Given name & surname
Gavina
“resembling the white falcon; woman from Gabio”·“a little white falcon”
Gavina is a feminine form of Gavin. One Welsh interpretation is “a little white falcon.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Latin use, Gavina carries the interpretation “resembling the white falcon; woman from Gabio.” Gavina is a feminine form of Gavin. One Welsh interpretation is “a little white falcon.”
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Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
Gavina is used as a feminine counterpart of Gavin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Gavina is a feminine form of Gavin. The history of Gavin gives this family its wider story. Gavin’s literary history includes the stories of King Arthur and his knights.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Gavina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 80
- 0 boys · 80 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1976. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 340 as a first name in 2020; 800 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gavina’s family of names
Gavina is a feminine form of Gavin. Gavina has a related form in Gaveana. Gavina has a related form in Gaveanah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Gaveinahvariant
- Gaveinavariant
- Gavienahvariant
- Gavienavariant
- Gaveanahvariant
- Gaveanavariant
- Gaveneavariant
- Gaveniavariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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