The baby name Gawen is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced GAW-en (IPA: /ˈɡɔːwən/).
Gawen is Welsh in Origin.
The baby name Gawen is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced GAW-en (IPA: /ˈɡɔːwən/).
Gawen is Welsh in Origin.
Gawen is a medieval English and Cornish form of the Arthurian name Gawain, ultimately from Welsh Gwalchmei. The Welsh elements gwalch “hawk” + Mai/mei are debated, yielding meanings such as “hawk of May” or “hawk of the plain,” so the name broadly evokes a swift, valiant hawk. Gawen appears in parish and legal records from the 13th–16th centuries and echoes through literature via Sir Gawain, the courteous knight of the Round Table and the 14th-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The spelling Gawen persisted locally into the early modern period, then faded before modest antiquarian revivals.
Variants include Gawain, Gawaine, Gawan/Gawein (German), and French Gauvain; related modern offshoots are Gavin (Scotland) and, farther afield, Galván/Galvão/Galvano. Diminutives are rare, though Gau- or Wen- nicknames occur historically. Pronounced GAW-en.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA | Boys | 0 | #251 | 3 | 6,830 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #263 | 1 | 7,056 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #385 | 3 | 2,865 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
Gawen is popular in 9 countries — most recent births per country:
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