# Girvan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #94,898

## Definitions
1. A town or burgh in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX1897).
2. A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
3. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

## Etymology
Anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic Inbhir Gharbhain. Possibly from geàrr (“short”) + abhainn (“river”).
Alternatively, from garbh (“rough”).

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