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Garvan - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Garvan

[ syll. gar-van, ga-rv-an ] The boy name Garvan is pronounced GAARVahN KEY. Garvan is of Irish Gaelic origin and it is predominantly used in the English language. The meaning of the name is 'little, rough one'. Variant forms of Garvan include Garv (English), Garvey (English), and Garvy (English).

Garvan is an unusual baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Garvan include Garvin (English) and Griffin (English and Welsh).

KEY: approx pronunciation for Garvan: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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