Boy
Gavin
Gavin means "White hawk" and comes from Welsh, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2000s than ever before. These days, it is familiar to most people. Since 1900, roughly 172,406 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.
WelshWhite hawk
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
49
1920s
124
1930s
113
1940s
177
1950s
503
1960s
1,574
1970s
2,672
1980s
5,407
1990s
17,318
2000s
88,643
2010s
55,826
Peaked in the 2000s · 172,406 total U.S. births since 1900