Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇮🇪 Gavin
/GAV · in/
Meaning
“White hawk or battle hawk”
From Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Gawain, meaning 'white hawk' or 'battle hawk', a knight of the Round Table.
Nicknames
gav
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Celtic and strong, had a peak in the 1990s–2000s but remains solid.
The cultural moment.
Still used regularly in the UK, Ireland, and the US; past peak but not declining sharply.