Given name & surname
Havel
“cock”·“gaul”
In Czech use, Havel shares an earlier linguistic root with Gawel. Interpretations include “cock” and “gaul”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Czech use, Havel shares an earlier linguistic root with Gawel. Interpretations include “cock” and “gaul”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
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Where it comes from
In Czech use, Havel shares an earlier linguistic root with Gawel. Gawel has been associated with Irish, Polish, and Latin naming traditions.
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How it developed
In Czech use, Havel is used as a form of Gaweł.
The story
In Czech use, Havel shares an earlier linguistic root with Gawel. The history of Gawel gives this family its wider story. Gawel’s historical associations include an uncle of Gregory of Tours, and a 7th-century Irish saint and missionary to central Europe.
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Havel’s family of names
Havel has an affectionate form in Hava. Havel shares a linguistic root with Gawel. In Czech usage, Havel has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form GALLUS.
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Around the world
Havel has relatives in 7 languages.
7 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Abelequivalent
- Gawełsee also · Polish
- Gallcognate · English
- Gawelcognate
- Aapeliequivalent
- Abeleequivalent
- Galloequivalent
- Havlováfeminine form
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