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Gavin and Raven wdyt?
How about Gavin for a girl?
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Not a fan for Gavin on a girl, more for a boy IMO, Raven is a beautiful girl's name and I also like Ravyn.
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I dislike Gavin for a girl, but it's fine for boy that it rhymes with Kevin but Raven was okay for both gender.
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I don’t like Gavin on boys, it’s terrible on a girl.
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Gavin (pron GAVin) is one of those names that are associated with an older generation of chavs where I'm from, and that's not seen as a good thing. The tl;dr is that chavs are anti-social people who typically dress in sportswear. They are associated with violent tendencies, alcohol and drugs. Gav (and Gavin) is one of those stereotypical names, like how Cletus is a stereotyped name in America So, where I'm looking, Gavin is such an ugly, rough, brutish name by default and I can't see beyond it, the association is too high. For a girl? Ugly as sin, sorryGAYvin does not sound attractive either, but I won't be able to read it as GAYvin and not GAVin, like I read Barry as BAR-ree and not BER-ree. I'd ultimately prefer a different spelling overallRaven, on the other hand, is pretty in a low-effort gothic way. I love the name Raven though
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That's interesting, and hilarious. The only Gavin I ever knew, and that only slightly, is the brother of an old friend who became a medical doctor and relocated to England!
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How, indeed? I suppose it's possible; perhaps it's even been done. I wouldn't encourage it, but nor would I encourage people to swallow a live cockroach, though I'm sure that's happened too.What does interest me is the pronunciation. Does Gavin rhyme with Raven - GAYvin, rather than GAVin? Not in my dialect, but perhaps elsewhere?
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yprounced the normal way.
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Sorry, )( - which yprounced is the normal one?
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I seriously cannot picture Gavin on a girl. I like Raven in a guilty pleasure sort of way.
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Definitely not Gavin for a girl, don't like Raven
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Don’t like Gavin on a boy and it’s hideous on a girl. Gavin is dated and sounds like a slang word (no idea if it is or not, it just gives off those vibes - gavin’).Raven is cool but probably more suited to a middle name for either.

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Gavin is fine for a boy but doesn't work on a girl. I think it would have to be short for something.
Gavina: isn't on BtN but Gavino is and this would just be a female version (comes form Gabinus). But I don't think you'd actually want to use this name because people would always switch the G and V as a joke and it would stop being funny by the 5th time she heard it.
Gavriela / Gavrila: you could get Gavin by adding "in" to the first syllable, in the same way Robin can be short for Robert. It's pretty contrived though, and she'd probably just be called Gavi.I like Raven on a girl or a boy.
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I've always thought they sounded brash and ugly. I love ravens, though.
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Definitely not Gavin for a girl… that’s pretty ugly. Raven is a lot better
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I don't really like them, sorry
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