# Galvin

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #47,638

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington, United States.

## Etymology
Two main origins:
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gealbháin (“descendant of Gealbhán”), a personal name composed of the elements geal (“bright”) and bán (“white”).
* Borrowed from French Galvin, either a variant of Gauvain or a nickname for a drunkard, from Old French galer (“to enjoy oneself”).

## Easily confused with
- **Gavin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/galvin-vs-gavin)
- **Gawain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/galvin-vs-gawain)
- **gain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gain-vs-galvin)
- **Galen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/galen-vs-galvin)
- **gallon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallon-vs-galvin)
- **Gallic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gallic-vs-galvin)

## Common misspellings (9)
`aglvin`, `galivn`, `gallvin`, `galvinn`, `galvni`, `galvvin`, `gavlin`, `ggalvin`, `glavin`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/galvin