Gavilan

See also: Gavilán, and gavilán

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡaviˈlan/ [ɡɐ.vɪˈlan̪]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /ɡabiˈlan/ [ɡɐ.bɪˈlan̪]
• 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.