Baby name
Gilvan
/ZHIL · vahn/
Meaning
“Variant of Gilberto”
Brazilian masculine name, variant of Gilberto or a construction of 'Gil' and Germanic '-van'; used particularly in northeastern Brazil.
How it ages.
Regional and generational; a name that tells you exactly where and when someone was born.
The cultural moment.
Common in northeastern Brazil from the 1950s to 1970s; very rare today.