Gavino
Gavino is both a surname and a male given name. It is common in Sardinia, Italy, due to being the Italianised form of the Sardinian language personal name Gavinu or Baingiu. Saint Gavinus was an early Christian martyr, a former Roman centurion beheaded in 300 AD, whose head was thrown in the Mediterranean Sea before being reunited with his body.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Gavino
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gavino is both a surname and a male given name. It is common in Sardinia, Italy, due to being the Italianised form of the Sardinian language personal name Gavinu or Baingiu. Saint Gavinus was an early Christian martyr, a former Roman centurion beheaded in 300 AD, whose head was thrown in the Mediterranean Sea before being reunited with his body.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Gavino
Gavino first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1915, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 43 Gavinos were born — ranking #2,788 that year. As of 2026, Gavino ranks #5,887 for baby boys with 15 births, falling sharply (-20%). In total, more than 2K Gavinos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Gavino
Gavino is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Gavino's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #2,079. Use the chart and map above to compare Gavino's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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