Gawin
Records count just two men alive in Poland with this name, and no boys have been given it this century. Celtic at root, tracing back through Latin to the old place-name Gabinum.
Gawin Pronunciation
Gawin is pronounced GAH-veen (/ˈgavin/).
What Gawin means
Where Gawin comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Gawin holds two origins at once. The spelling given here rests on Celtic ground, near the Welsh Gwalchgwyn, the older shape behind Gawain, the Round Table knight and nephew of King Arthur. Its short meaning runs a second route. It points to the Latin Gabinum, a town in old Italy, and to Gabinus, "the one from Gabinum". Polish took the sound and kept the older Arthurian pull inside it.
That Latin line has a real bearer. Saint Gabinus was a martyr on Sardinia in the second century, and his memory carried the name into Christian calendars. From there Gawin reached Poland, where the boy who holds it now marks his imieniny on 19 February and again on 30 May.
Picture a school register in a Polish first grade. A teacher reads down the list and reaches Gawin, one name among the Jakubs and Szymons. The child answers. The Celtic root and the Latin Gabinum sit quietly under that single word, unheard by the class. What the register shows is short and plain: Gawin, "pochodzący z Gabinum".
When Gawin celebrates name day
Gawin appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 19 February.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Gawin
1 in 10673094 men in Poland is named Gawin. 2 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #49843 among male names.
Gawin as a middle name
Gawin is a first name for 2 men in Poland and a middle name for another 4, a 33/67 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 5403rd, between Gallardo (4) and Gbenga (4).
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#5401 Gali̇p4
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#5402 Gallardo4
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#5403 Gawin4
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#5404 Gbenga4
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#5405 Gebhard4