Gavin

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈɡævɪn//

A male given name from the Celtic languages.

proper noun

1
A male given name from the Celtic languages.
New Zealand registration officials apparently blocked other questionable names in the past, including Fish and Chips and Sex Fruit, but allowed others, such as Number 16 Bus Shelter and Violence. […] I’m fine with the Gavins and the Masons and the Chloes, but the Poppy Honeys and the Banjos and the Sex Fruits simply have to go.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Sunday banning the sale at grocery checkouts of all plastic bags, regardless of thickness. The only option for customers who lack their own reusable shopping bags will be buying paper bags for 10 cents each.
2
A surname originating as a patronymic.

Etymology

Medieval variant of Gawain, the name of an Arthurian knight, first recorded as Old French Gauvain. The form Gavin survived in Scotland and spread to other English-speaking countries in the 1960s. Doublet of Gawain.

Forms

plural: Gavins

gauntlet · Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a…gauze · A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.gavel · To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.

Gavin · A male given name from the Celtic languages.

gay · Homosexual: Only possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction…Gay · An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally…gayle · Puerperal septicemia in sheep.

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