Gawain - Meaning of Gawain

What does Gawain mean?

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Gawain

[ 2 syll. ga-wai(n), gaw-a-in ] The baby boy name Gawain is pronounced in English as Gah-WEYN †. Gawain is used chiefly in English and Welsh. Its origin is Welsh. Gawain is a variant of the name Gavin (English, Scottish, and Welsh).

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Gawain is not commonly used as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000. Among the family of boy names directly related to Gawain, Gavin was the most frequently used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Gawain include Gagan, Gagen, Gagin, Gagon, Gagun, Gagyn, Gahan (Scottish), Gamin, Gammin, Gammun, Gammyn, Gamyn, Gani (Hebrew), Ganin (English), Gannie (English), Gannin, Gannon (English), Gannun, Ganny (English), and Gannyn.

† Pronunciation for Gawain: G as in "grin (G.R.IH.N)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"