Galvan

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

From Spanish Galván, ultimately from Latin Galbanus, from Galba + -anus (“-an”), from galba (“larva, worm, fatty”), from Gaulish of uncertain meaning. Doublet of Galvao, Galvano, and Galvani.

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