masculine Gavin

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Origin:
welsh
Name Root:
(*windos / *gwindos > gwalch gwyn > GAWAIN) (*Ualcos Magesos)
Meaning:*
This name derives from the Proto-Celtic, Proto-Brythonic and Welsh articulated root: “*windos / *gwindos > gwalch gwyn > gawain.” It is the Late Medieval form of the name “Gawain,” which in turn is believed to have originated from the Welsh name “Walchgwn,” meaning “white hawk.” Kenneth Jackson suggested the name evolved from an early Common Brittonic name “*Ualcos Magesos,” meaning “Hawk of the plain.” Sir Gawain and the green knight is an epic poem connected with King Arthur’s roundtable. The form Gavin survived in Scotland and spread to other English-speaking countries in the 1960s. Gawain is King Arthur’s nephew and a knight of the round table in the Arthurian legend. Under the name Gwalchmei, he appears very early in the legend’s development, being mentioned in some of the earliest Welsh Arthurian sources.

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United States Ranking #206


Namedoctor Weekly Ranking #1325

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Numerological Values: #8

A person with name-number 8 is ambitious, confident, practical and has a great ability to execute plans. They are achievers and seek to reach the top of their field through hard work.

Chakra Number: #8
Chakra "Etheric Body"

At the base of the skull or Cerebellum and is also found to be linked to the causal chakra just above the crown chakra to the left in the etheric body. This center enables the individual to achieve advanced out-of-body projection, etheric projection, spiritual perception, and spiritual wisdom. I use the word spiritual here because these abilities and ideas are larger than the self and the earth and is were the ability of remote viewing resides.

Color meaning: Black

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