Gaven

Where Gaven comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Gaven.

Gaven through the years
  1. 1914
    Gaven Donne born
    New Zealand judge
  2. 1958
    Gaven Martin born
    New Zealand mathematician
  3. 1972
    First appearance
    #4,986 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2003
    Peak, #686
    282 babies named Gaven, the most in any year.
  5. 2012
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,383.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Gaven Donne · New Zealand judge, 1914–2010
  • Gaven Martin · New Zealand mathematician, born 1958

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.