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Girvan
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English
Alternative forms
surname en Girven Girvin
Etymology
Anglicisation of en gd - Inbhir Gharbhain. Possibly from gd geàrr short + gd abhainn river. Henry Harrison Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0kc60WqxYK4C reprint Genealogical Publishing Com 1969 1 165 622 0806301716
Alternatively, from gd garbh rough.
Proper noun
~ s
en town or burgh in carea/South Ayrshire cc/Scotland OS grid ref NX1897.
en locality in the carea/MidCoast eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia.
en habitational Scottish Gaelic.
Derived terms
en Girvan-Newman algorithm
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Girvan is the 48256th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 438 individuals. Girvan is most common among White (89.73%) individuals.
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Anagrams
en aginrv Garvin grivna raving