Gavin
Gavin is a Celtic male given name. It is the Scottish variation of the medieval Welsh name Gawain, meaning 'God send' or 'white hawk/falcon'. Sir Gawain is a knight of King Arthur's Round Table. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an epic poem in which he beheads the Green Knight, who promptly replaces his head and threatens Gawain an identical fate the same time next year. Decapitation figures elsewhere: the Italian name Gavino is the name of an early Christian martyr who was beheaded in 300 AD, his head being thrown in the Mediterranean Sea, later recovered and interred with his body.
People with the given name
- Gavin Adcock, American singer and songwriter
- Gavin Affleck, Canadian architect
- Gavin Allen, Australian rugby league player
- Gavin Andresen, American software developer
- Gavin Andrews, Australian academic and psychiatrist
- Gavin Annandale, South African rugby union player
- Gavin Arneil, Scottish paediatric nephrologist
- Gavin Arroyo, American water polo player
- Gavin Arthur, American astrologer and sexologist
- Gavin Ashenden, English Anglican priest
- Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever, English soldier and publisher
- Gavin Baddeley, British author and journalist
- Gavin Badger, Australian rugby league referee
- Gavin Baker, English cricketer
- Gavin Bartholomew, American football player
- Gavin Barwell, English politician
- Gavin Bayes, Australian rules footballer
- Gavin Bayreuther, American ice hockey player
- Gavin Bazunu, Irish soccer player
- Gavin Becker, American actor, singer, and songwriter
- Gavin Beith, Scottish footballer
- Gavin Bellis, Australian rower
- Gavin Bennion, English rugby league player
- Gavin Bishop, New Zealand writer and illustrator
- Gavin Blackburn, Scottish rugby union player
- Gavin Bland, English fell runner
- Gavin Blyth, English television producer and journalist
- Gavin Bone, English writer
- Gavin Bornholdt, New Zealand sailor
- Gavin Bottger, American skateboarder
- Gavin Bradley, Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer
- Gavin Brady, New Zealand sailor
- Gavin Brennan, Irish footballer
- Gavin Briant, Zimbabwean cricketer
- Gavin Bridson, English bibliographer and librarian
- Gavin Brindley, American ice hockey player
- Gavin Broder, Irish rabbi
- Gavin Bryars, English composer and double bassist
- Gavin Buckley, Australian–American politician
- Gavin Butt, English academic and writer
- Gavin Byram, English cricketer
- Gavin Cadwallader, English footballer
- Gavin Caines, English footballer
- Gavin Carr, British conductor and opera singer
- Gavin Carragher, Australian sprinter
- Gavin Casalegno, American actor
- Gavin Castleton, American musician
- Gavin Cattle, Welsh rugby union player
- Gavin Cecchini, American baseball player
- Gavin Christie, Bahamian soccer player
- Gavin Christopher, American singer and musician
- Gavin Clark, English musician, singer, and songwriter
- Gavin Claxton, English filmmaker and television producer
- Gavin Clinch, Australian rugby league player
- Gavin Coles, Australian golfer
- Gavin Collins, British Anglican bishop
- Gavin Coombes, Irish rugby union player
- Gavin Cooper, Australian rugby league player
- Gavin Crawford, Canadian comedian and actor
- Gavin Crawford (footballer), Scottish footballer
- Gavin Creel, American actor, singer, and songwriter
- Gavin Cromwell, Irish racehorse trainer
- Gavin Cronje, South African racing driver
- Gavin E. Crooks, English chemist
- Gavin Crosisca, Australian rules footballer
- Gavin Dacey, Welsh rugby union player
- Gavin Dalzell, 2nd Earl of Carnwath, Scottish nobleman
- Gavin Davis, South African politician
- Gavin D'Costa, Kenyan–born English professor
- Gavin DeBartolo, Australian rugby union player
- Gavin de Becker, American writer
- Gavin de Beer, British evolutionary embryologist
- Gavin DeGraw, American musician, singer, and songwriter
- Gavin Dein, British entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Gavin Delahunty, Irish curator
- Gavin Devlin, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer
- Gavin Dew, Canadian politician
- Gavin Geoffrey Dillard, American poet and songwriter
- Gavin Dodd, English rugby league player
- Gavin Douglas, Scottish bishop and translator
- Gavin Downie, New Zealand politician
- Gavin Escobar, American football player
- Gavin Esler, Scottish journalist, writer, and television presenter
- Gavin Evans, Welsh rugby union player
- Gavin Ewart, English poet
- Gavin Ewing, Zimbabwean cricketer
- Gavin Exell, Australian rules footballer
- Gavin Extence, English writer
- Gavin Fernandes, Canadian re-recording mixer
- Gavin Ferreira, Indian field hockey player
- Gavin Fien, American baseball player
- Gavin Fingleson, South African–born Australian baseball player
- Gavin Fink, American actor
- Gavin Fisher, British mechanical engineer
- Gavin Fleming, Canadian merchant and politician
- Gavin Fletcher, Scottish footballer
- Gavin Flood, British scholar
- Gavin Floyd, American baseball player
- Gavin Forsyth, English alpine skier
- Gavin Francis, Scottish physician and writer
- Gavin Franklin, English cricketer
- Gavin Fraser, English–born Scottish rugby union player
- Gavin Free, English actor, filmmaker, cinematographer, and internet personality
- Gavin Friday, Irish musician, singer, and songwriter
- Gavin Friels, Scottish footballer
- Gavin Fryer, British philatelist
- Gavin F. Gardner, Australian stockbroker
- Gavin Garrison, American television producer
- Gavin Geddes, English soccer player
- Gavin George, American pianist
- Gavin Gibb, Scottish minister
- Gavin Glinton, Turks and Caicos Islands footballer
- Gavin L. Graham, South African flying ace
- Gavin Green, Malaysian golfer
- Gavin Greenaway, English composer
- Gavin Greenlees, Australian poet
- Gavin Greig, Scottish folk song collector, novelist, playwright, and teacher
- Gavin Griffin, American poker player
- Gavin Griffin (footballer), Scottish footballer
- Gavin Griffiths, English cricketer
- Gavin Gunning, Irish footballer
- Gavin Gwynne, Welsh boxer
- Gavin Hadley, Hong Kong rugby union player
- Gavin Hanrahan, Australian rugby union player
- Gavin Harding, English politician and academic
- Gavin Hardkiss, South African musician
- Gavin Harper, English writer
- Gavin Harrison, English musician
- Gavin Hassett, Canadian rower
- Gavin Hastings, Scottish rugby union player
- Gavin Haynes, English cricketer
- Gavin Heeroo, English footballer
- Gavin Heffernan, Canadian filmmaker
- Gavin Henderson, English administrator, conductor, and trumpeter
- Gavin Henderson, 2nd Baron Faringdon, British politician
- Gavin Henson, Welsh rugby union player
- Gavin Heslop, American football player
- Gavin Hewitt, British journalist
- Gavin Hickie, Irish rugby union player and coach
- Gavin Higgins, English composer
- Gavin Hill, New Zealand rugby union player
- Gavin Hipkins, New Zealand photographer
- Gavin Hitchings, New Zealand jeweler
- Gavin Hoare, Australian rules footballer
- Gavin Holligan, English footballer
- Gavin Hollowell, American baseball player
- Gavin Hood, South African film director
- Gavin Hoover, American cyclist
- Gavin Houston, American actor
- Gavin Hoyte, English footballer
- Gavin Hume, South African rugby union player
- Gavin Hunt, South African footballer and manager
- Gavin Hunter, British racehorse trainer
- Gavin Hyman, British theologian
- Gavin Jantjes, South African painter, curator, writer, and lecturer
- Gavin Jarvie, Scottish footballer
- Gavin Jeanne, Seychellois football manager
- Gavin Jennings, Australian politician
- Gavin Wildridge Johnstone, Australian ornithologist
- Gavin Jonas, South African politician
- Gavin Kaysen, American chef
- Gavin Keane, Australian rules footballer
- Gavin Kelly, English footballer
- Gavin Keneally, Australian politician
- Gavin Kerr, English rugby union player
- Gavin Kilen, American baseball player
- Gavin King, Australian journalist
- Gavin Kirk (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Gavin Kirk (priest), English Anglican priest
- Gavin Kitching, British academic and writer
- Gavin Kizito, Ugandan soccer player
- Gavin Kwan, Indonesian footballer
- Gavin I. Langmuir, Canadian historian
- Gavin Lackey, Australian modern pentathlete
- Gavin Laird, Scottish trade unionist
- Gavin Lambert, English writer
- Gavin Lane, South African footballer
- Gavin Lang, Scottish footballer
- Gavin Larsen, New Zealand cricketer
- Gavin Lawless, South African rugby union player
- Gavin Le Sueur, Australian sailing adventurer, doctor and writer
- Gavin Lee, English actor
- Gavin Lester, Australian rugby league player
- Gavin Lewis, American actor
- Gavin Liddle, English footballer
- Gavin Lightman, English judge
- Gavin Lindsay, Canadian ice hockey player
- Gavin Long, Australian journalist and military historian
- Gavin Love, English basketball player and coach
- Gavin Lovegrove, New Zealand javelin thrower
- Gavin Lowe, Scottish rugby union player
- Gavin Lowe (computer scientist), British academic
- Gavin Lurssen, American mastering engineer
- Gavin Lux, American baseball player
- Gavin Lyall, English writer
- Gavin Lynch, English footballer
- Gavin MacFadyen, American investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker
- Gavin MacIntosh, American actor
- Gavin MacKenzie, Canadian lawyer
- Gavin MacKenzie (sociologist), British political scientist and sociologist
- Gavin MacLeod, American actor
- Gavin MacLeod (football), Scottish footballer and manager
- Gavin Maguire, English–born Welsh footballer
- Gavin Mahon, English footballer
- Gavin Main, Scottish cricketer
- Gavin Mannion, American cyclist
- Gavin Marguerite, French rugby league player
- Gavin Marshall, Australian politician
- Gavin Massey, English footballer
- Gavin Maxwell, Scottish naturalist and writer
- Gavin Maxwell (canoeist), Canadian sprint canoeist
- Gavin McCallum, Canadian soccer player
- Gavin McCann, English footballer
- Gavin McClurg, American paragliding pilot and sailor
- Gavin McCoy, English radio broadcaster
- Gavin McDonnell, English boxer
- Gavin McGowan, English footballer
- Gavin McInnes, Canadian writer, actor, comedian and founder of the Proud Boys
- Gavin McLean, New Zealand fencer
- Gavin McMahon, Australian rules footballer
- Gavin Meadows, English swimmer
- Gavin Menzies, English pseudohistorian
- Gavin Mikhail, American composer, pianist, singer, and songwriter
- Gavin Millar, Scottish film director, critic, and television presenter
- Gavin Miller, Australian rugby league player
- Gavin Milroy, Scottish physician and medical writer
- Gavin Mogopa, Botswana judoka
- Gavin Morgan, Canadian ice hockey player
- Gavin Morgan (footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Gavin Morris, South African cricketer
- Gavin Morrison, Scottish footballer
- Gavin Mortimer, British writer and historian
- Gavin Moynihan, Irish golfer
- Gavin Mudd, Australian academic
- Gavin Murgatroyd, Namibian cricketer
- Gavin Murray, Scottish footballer and manager
- Gavin Nebbeling, South African footballer
- Gavin Newlands, Scottish politician
- Gavin Newsom, American politician
- Gavin Nisbet, Scottish footballer
- Gavin Noble, Irish triathlete
- Gavin O'Brien, Irish hurler
- Gavin Ó Fearraigh, Irish actor, dancer, and model
- Gavin O'Keefe, Australian illustrator
- Gavin O'Mahony, Irish hurler
- Gavin O'Reilly, Irish businessman
- Gavin O'Toole, Irish footballer
- Gavin Oliver, English footballer
- Gavin Y. Oudit, Canadian cardiologist and clinician-scientist
- Gavin Packard, Indian actor
- Gavin Parker, British air marshal
- Gavin Parsonage, Australian cyclist
- Gavin Patterson, British chief executive
- Gavin Peacock, English footballer
- Gavin Peers, Irish footballer
- Gavin Petrie, British writer and producer
- Gavin Pfitzner, Australian tennis player
- Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer
- Gavin Plumley, British writer and broadcaster
- Gavin Polone, American film and television producer
- Gavin Pretor-Pinney, British author
- Gavin Price, Scottish footballer and manager
- Gavin Price-Jones, English rugby league player
- Gavin Prout, Canadian lacrosse player
- Gavin Pyper, Scottish racing driver
- Gavin Quinn, Australian rugby league player
- Gavin Quinnell, Welsh rugby union player
- Gavin Rae, Scottish footballer and manager
- Gavin Rain, South African artist
- Gavin Rajah, South African fashion designer
- Gavin Ramjaun, English journalist
- Gavin Reddy, South African cricketer
- Gavin Rees, Welsh footballer
- Gavin Reid, English Anglican bishop
- Gavin Clydesdale Reid, Scottish economist
- Gavin Reilly, Scottish footballer
- Gavin Relly, South African businessman
- Gavin Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer
- Gavin Reynolds, English cricketer
- Gavin Richards, English actor, writer, and theatre director
- Gavin Roberts, Welsh rugby union player
- Gavin Robertson, Australian cricketer
- Gavin Robinson, Northern Ireland politician
- Gavin Robinson (model agent), South African model agent
- Gavin Rose, Australian rules footballer
- Gavin Rossdale, English musician, singer, and songwriter
- Gavin Rothery, English footballer
- Gavin Rothery, British filmmaker and graphic designer
- Gavin Rayna Russom, American musician
- Gavin Salam, theoretical particle physicist
- Gavin Sawchuk, American football player
- Gavin Schilling, German basketball player
- Gavin Schmidt, British climatologist
- Gavin Schmitt, Canadian volleyball player
- Gavin Scott, English screenwriter
- Gavin Scott (rugby union), Scottish rugby union player
- Gavin Seager, English racing driver
- Gavin Seim, American activist
- Gavin Sheets, American baseball player
- Gavin Shephard, English cricketer
- Gavin Shoesmith, Australian musician, singer, and songwriter
- Gavin Short, Falkland Islands politician
- Gavin Shuker, English politician
- Gavin Sibayan, American Paralympic soccer player
- Gavin Simonds, 1st Viscount Simonds, British judge and politician
- Gavin Singh, Surinamese cricketer
- Gavin Skelton, English footballer, coach, and manager
- Gavin Smellie, Jamaican–born Canadian sprinter
- Gavin Sontag, American tennis player
- Gavin Souter, Australian journalist and historian
- Gavin Spielman, American painter and musician
- Gavin St Pier, Guernsey politician
- Gavin Stamp, British writer and architectural historian
- Gavin Stenhouse, English actor
- Gavin Stevens, Australian cricketer
- Gavin Stevens (cyclist), New Zealand cyclist
- Gavin Stewart, Northern Irish rower
- Gavin Stone, American baseball player
- Gavin Stone, Canadian rower
- Gavin Strachan, Scottish footballer
- Gavin Strang, Scottish politician
- Gavin Sutherland (disambiguation), multiple people
- Gavin Swan, Australian cricketer
- Gavin Swankie, Scottish footballer
- Gavin Taylor, British film and television director
- Gavin Templeton, American musician
- Gavin Thomas, Welsh rugby union player
- Gavin Thompson, Australian rugby league player
- Gavin Thorley, New Zealand long-distance runner
- Gavin Thornbury, Irish rugby union player
- Gavin Thorpe, British board game designer and author
- Gavin Thredgold, Australian rowing coxswain and coach
- Gavin Tomlin, English footballer
- Gavin Tonge, Antigua and Barbuda cricketer
- Gavin Trippe, English motorcycle racing promoter, journalist, and publisher
- Gavin Tucker, Canadian mixed martial artist
- Gavin Turek, American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress
- Gavin Turk, English artist
- Gavin Urquhart, Australian rules footballer
- Gavin Verhey, American game designer
- Gavin Vernon, Scottish engineer
- Gavin Vlijter, Surinamese footballer
- Gavin Wallace, Jamaican cricketer
- Gavin Walls, American football player
- Gavin Walsh, Irish computer programmer and writer
- Gavin Wanganeen, Australian rules footballer
- Gavin Ware, American basketball player
- Gavin Webster, English comedian
- Gavin Weightman, English journalist
- Gavin Wheeldon, English businessman and entrepreneur
- Gavin White, Irish Gaelic footballer
- Gavin Whittaker, Australian rugby league player
- Gavin Whyte, Northern Irish footballer
- Gavin Wilkinson, New Zealand footballer
- Gavin Williamson, British politician
- Gavin Wolpert, Canadian–American bridge player
- Gavin Wood, English computer scientist
- Gavin Worboys, English footballer
- Gavin Wright, American historian
- Gavin Yamey, British–American physician and global health researcher
- Gavin Yates, New Zealand Anglican clergyman
- Gavin Young, English journalist and writer
People with the surname
- Agnes Gavin, Australian actor and screenwriter
- Aisling Jarrett-Gavin, English actress
- Andy Gavin, American programmer
- Barrie Gavin, British film director
- Barry Gavin, Australian rules footballer
- Bill Gavin, American radio personality and publisher
- Blair Gavin, American soccer player
- Brian Gavin (referee), Irish hurling referee
- Buck Gavin, American football player
- Catherine Gavin, Scottish academic historian, war correspondent and historical novelist
- Charles Gavin, Brazilian drummer and music producer
- Cy Gavin, American artist
- Diarmuid Gavin, Irish garden designer and television personality
- Don Gavin, American stand-up comedian and actor
- Enon Gavin, Irish Gaelic footballer
- Erica Gavin, American actress
- Francis Gavin, American political scientist
- Frank Gavin (disambiguation), multiple people
- Frankie Gavin (disambiguation), multiple people
- George Gavin, Irish politician
- James M. Gavin, American general
- Hector Gavin, Scottish physician and sanitarian
- Herb Gavin, United States Army Air Forces test pilot
- Hugh Gavin, Australian rules footballer
- James Gavin (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jamila Gavin British Indian born author of The Surya Trilogy
- Jason Gavin (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jim Gavin (footballer), Irish Gaelic footballer and manager
- John Gavin, American actor, diplomat, and politician
- John Gavin (disambiguation) or Johnny Gavin, multiple people
- Joseph G. Gavin Jr, American engineer
- Julian Gavin, Australian-born British opera singer
- Katie Gavin, American singer-songwriter
- Keith Edmund Gavin, American convicted murderer
- Kelontae Gavin, American gospel singer and preacher
- Ken Gavin, Australian rugby union player
- Kim Gavin, British choreographer
- Leon H. Gavin, American politician
- Mark Gavin, Scottish footballer
- Michael Gavin, American soccer player
- Natalie Gavin, English actress
- Nigel Gavin, New Zealand musician and composer
- Norman Gavin, English cricketer
- Oliver Gavin, British racing driver
- Paddy Gavin, Irish footballer
- Pat Gavin, English footballer
- Patrick Gavin, Northern Irish footballer
- Peter Gavin (Canadian politician), Canadian merchant and politician
- Peter Gavin (Australian politician), Australian politician
- Robert Gavin, British painter
- Rod Gavin, New Zealand canoeist
- Rupert Gavin, English businessman
- Stewart Gavin, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tim Gavin, Australian rugby union player
Fictional characters with the given name
- Gavin Banek, a character in the movie Changing Lanes
- Gavin Belson, a character from the HBO series Silicon Valley
- Gavin Mitchell, a character from the Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh
- Gavin Reed, a character from the video game Detroit: Become Human
- Gavin Shipman, a character in the BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey
- Gavin Stevens (Faulkner character), a character in several novels by William Faulkner
- Gavin Sullivan, a character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Gavin Volure, a character in the television series 30 Rock
- Gavin Young, the Austin & Ally character
- Gavin Strick, a character in the movie ''Disturbing Behavior''
Fictional characters with the surname
- Teddy Gavin, a character in the television series Rescue Me
- Tommy Gavin, protagonist of the television series Rescue Me
- Kristoph Gavin, a character in the video game Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
- Klavier Gavin, a prosecutor in the video game Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
- Gavin, a character from The Simpsons