English Explanatory Dictionary

Galvin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington, United States.

Word forms

Galvin Galvins Gallivan

Etymology

Two main origins: * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gealbháin (“descendant of Gealbhán”), a personal name composed of the elements geal (“bright”) and bán (“white”). * Borrowed from French Galvin, either a variant of Gauvain or a nickname for a drunkard, from Old French galer (“to enjoy oneself”).

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