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 (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 (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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