Gawaine

Variation of Gawain, Welsh

"may hawk"

Gawaine Origin and Meaning

The name Gawaine is a boy's name of Welsh origin meaning "may hawk".

The name of a loyal knight in Arthurian legend and the hero of the 14th century anonymous poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Gawaine is the spelling chosen by Sir Thomas Malory in his influential work, Le Morte d' Arthur. The name itself may come from the Welsh Gwalchmai, meaning "may hawk".

While Gawain has been used sporadically and very sparingly over the years (with only 85 boys receiving the name since records began), Gawaine has only ever featured in the stats once, back in the 1950s.