Message: "Re: The Real Origin of Gavin"

This is a reply within a larger thread: view the whole thread

Re: The Real Origin of Gavin

by Alessandro Dessì (guest)

5/5/2019, 4:23 PM

"It is a name that has a stronger usage in southern Italy,"

Actually it's used only in Sardinia or by people with a Sardinian background.

Anyway, very interesting.

- Gavin (guest) +1

6/22/2023, 2:26 AM

Correct. I visited Sardinia and found out very quickly that my name as Gavino was a traditional Sardinian name

- thegriffon

6/22/2023, 9:02 PM

St Gavinus had been venerated in Sardinia for hundreds of years by the time Gavain was used in the Arthurian romances.

View Message