Is there a Scottish connection to the surname Gavin?

Answer 1

Hi sorry I am no expert however being of English Irish scottish inuit decent i have studyed a bit of name history.

my guess is if your past reliatives clame to be scottish or there is obvous proof of the culture then likely the name was origionaly O Gavin or Gavinhan type thing and got shortened.

I have relatives with the name brown that just stand out in a family of browning's over time some reason to drop the ing occured for someone.

some reasons for this were at times work was not easy to come by and some companys like Ford motor company did not like to have two of more members of the same family employed at the same facility, hence two different names brown and browning could be brothers.

you will find Gavin in this form to be comon in Welsh and English and even Irish

hope this helps some you might try some 411 type listings for Scottland and call just to talk with someone having that name.