Gavyn

Where Gavyn comes from

Rare spelling variant of Gavin.
— Wiktionary's entry for Gavyn
  • Celtic
Along the way
  1. 1950
    Gavyn Davies born
    British businessman
  2. 1986
    First appearance
    #6,721 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1998
    Gavyn Bailey born
    American singer-songwriter
  4. 2008
    Peak, #631
    390 babies named Gavyn — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,119.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Celtic languages.
Namesakes
  • Gavyn Bailey · American singer-songwriter, born 1998
  • Gavyn Davies · British businessman, born 1950
  • Gavyn Farr Arthur · British judge and politician, 1951–2016

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.