Gavino is a male
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
. It is common in
Sardinia.
Despite its form, it is unrelated to
Gavin, dating back to ancient
Latin (meaning "from
Gabii").
Saint
Gavinus (
San Gavino, Porto Torres,
Sardinia) was an early Christian martyr, an ex-Roman centurion decapitated in 300 AD, whose head was thrown in the
Mediterranean Sea before being reunited with his body.
People with the given name
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Gavino Angius (born 1946), Italian politician
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Gabino Bugallal Araújo (1861–1932), Spanish politician
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Gavino Contini
Gavino Contini (in Sardinian, ''Gavinu Còntene'') ((12 December 1855 – 24 July 1915)) was a Sardinian poet, was probably the greatest exponent of improvised poetry of Sardinia, certainly the most beloved.
Life and work
He was born in Siligo ...
(1855–1915), Sardinian-Italian poet
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Gabino Coria Peñaloza (1881–1975), Argentine poet and lyricist
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Gavino Gabriel (1881–1980), Italian composer and musicologist
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Gavino Ledda
Gavino Ledda (; born 30 December 1938) is an author and a scholar of the Italian language and of Sardinian. He is best known for his autobiographical work '' Padre Padrone'' (1975).
Biography
Early life
Ledda was born in Siligo, in the Prov ...
(born 1938), Italian writer and scholar
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Gavino Matta (1910–1954), Italian boxer
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Gabino Sosa (1899–1971), Argentine football player
See also
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Gavinus
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San Gavino (disambiguation)
References
Italian masculine given names
Spanish masculine given names
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