English Explanatory Dictionary

Galvan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Galvan

Etymology

From Spanish Galván, ultimately from Latin Galbanus, from Galba + -anus (“-an”), from galba (“larva, worm, fatty”), from Gaulish of uncertain meaning. Doublet of Galvao, Galvano, and Galvani.

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