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 Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

. Despite its form, it is unrelated to Gavin, dating back to ancient

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

(meaning "from Gabii"). Saint

Gavinus Saint Gavinus ( it, San Gavino) is a Christian saint who is greatly celebrated in Sardinia, Italy, as one of the Martyrs of Torres (), along with his companions SS Protus, a bishop, and Januarius, a deacon. Narrative He was probably a Roman ...

( San Gavino, Porto Torres,

) was an early Christian martyr, an ex-Roman centurion decapitated in 300 AD, whose head was thrown in the

Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ea ...

before being reunited with his body.

People with the given name

* Gavino Angius (born 1946), Italian politician *

Gabino Bugallal Araújo Gabino Bugallal Araújo, 2nd Count of Bugallal (19 February 1861, in Ponteareas – 30 June 1932, in Paris) was a Spanish politician and Prime Minister of Spain in 1921. Gabino Bugallal was a member of the Conservative Party in Spain. He held s ...

(1861–1932), Spanish politician *

Gavino Contini Gavino Contini (in Sardinian, ''Gavinu Còntene'') ((12 December 1855 – 24 July 1915)) was a Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldign ...

(1855–1915), Sardinian-Italian poet *

Gabino Coria Peñaloza Gabino Coria Peñaloza (February 19, 1881 – October 31, 1975) was an Argentine poet and lyricist. Gabino Coria Peñaloza was born in La Paz, Mendoza, in 1881. His family relocated to Buenos Aires, and Coria eventually settled into a post a ...

(1881–1975), Argentine poet and lyricist * Gavino Gabriel (1881–1980), Italian composer and musicologist *

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 Province ...

(born 1938), Italian writer and scholar *

Gavino Matta Gavino Matta (June 9, 1910 in Sassari – January 20, 1954) was an Italian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI O ...

(1910–1954), Italian boxer * Gabino Sosa (1899–1971), Argentine football player

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People with the given name

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