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Galvin (surname)

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Galvin is a surname. It is found throughout Great Britain, Ireland and Spain, with the variant Galvan being common in the Basque country. Earliest records of the name Gauvain are in northern France, and it likely arrived in Ireland with the Norman invasion of 1170 where it was subsequently anglicised. Notable people with the surname include: