Western numerology
Number 8 insight
Western numerology adds the letter values in the name and reduces them to a single guiding number.
Baby names
Boy name
Gavin
"A Scottish derivative of the Old German name Gawin, meaning 'district of land' Also a variant of the Scottish name Gawain, meaning little hawk or white hawk; Battle hawk; Little Falcon; Variant of Gawain: Gawain was a nephew of King Arthur, and one of the knights of the Round Table, described in the 14th-century poem 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'; White Hawk; White Hawk of Battle"
Name profile
Gavin at a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Indian Welsh Arthurian Legend
- Western numerology
- 8
- Indian numerology
- 7
- Characters
- 5
- Popular
- 132 family views
Number meaning for Gavin
Indian numerology
Number 7 insight
Indian numerology uses a traditional letter map that many families prefer for cultural name matching.
Meaning and story
What does Gavin mean?
Gavin is listed in the BabyAZ name catalog with Indian, Welsh, Arthurian Legend context. Its meaning is recorded as: A Scottish derivative of the Old German name Gawin, meaning 'district of land' Also a variant of the Scottish name Gawain, meaning little hawk or white hawk; Battle hawk; Little Falcon; Variant of Gawain: Gawain was a nephew of King Arthur, and one of the knights of the Round Table, described in the 14th-century poem 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'; White Hawk; White Hawk of Battle
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Brother names
Brothers for Gavin
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Sister names
Sisters for Gavin
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