Gaviño

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ɣabiɲo/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gaviño is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from the personal name Gavino, equivalent of Celtic Gawain (Old French Gauvain), which was widely popularized through the Arthurian romances (see Gavin).

rarermore common
  • PEPeru≈1 in 15K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 15K
  • ITItaly≈1 in 24K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,100 people, est.

Sources
178 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)

Peru, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Gavino in PE Peru, US United States, PH Philippines and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from the personal name Gavino, equivalent of Celtic Gawain (Old French Gauvain), which was widely popularized through the Arthurian romances (see Gavin).

Sources 5

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
  • Nomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche
  • Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gaviño counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gaviño is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈7,100 est.≈1 in 15KlistedGavino80
IT Italy≈2,600 est.≈1 in 24K5Gavino93
PE Peru≈2,200 est.≈1 in 15K—Gavino46
US United States1,8341 in 181K1.8KGavino178
AR Argentina≈460 est.≈1 in 99K126Gavino35
DO Dominican Republic≈290 est.≈1 in 37K—Gavino13
PY Paraguay≈150 est.≈1 in 48K—Gavino9

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gaviño is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gavino

  • Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, Philippines, Indonesia, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Gavino

  • Hindi given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, Philippines, United States, Italy

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Gavino

  • Japanese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan, Peru

    Also written Gavino

  • Swedish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru

    Languages: Swedish, Danish

    Also written Gavino

  • Sinhala given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, United States

    Also written Gavino

11 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1800185019001950Bernardo Gaviño y Rueda, b. 1812Faustino Díez Gaviño, b. 1852Ricardo L. Flores Gaviño, b. 1854Juan Bosch, b. 1909

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado/a Gaviño,Dear Gaviño, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Gaviño,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Gaviño
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—103—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gaviño mean, and where does it come from?
from the personal name Gavino, equivalent of Celtic Gawain (Old French Gauvain), which was widely popularized through the Arthurian romances (see Gavin). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dictionary of American Family Names and 3 other sources.
How do you pronounce Gaviño?
A machine transcription gives /ɣabiɲo/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Gaviño have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.1 thousand people named Gaviño in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gavino.
How common is the name Gaviño?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,834 people named Gaviño in 2020, about 1 in 181 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gaviño”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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