Gavilan

See also: Gavilán and gavilán

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Gavilán, from gavilán (“sparrow hawk”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡaviˈlan/ [ɡɐ.vɪˈlan]
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /ɡabiˈlan/ [ɡɐ.bɪˈlan]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: Ga‧vi‧lan

Proper noun

Gavilán (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊᜒᜎᜈ᜔)

  1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gavilan is the 8,412nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 1,740 individuals.

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