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GAWEIN

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The name GAWEIN comes from GAWAIN and is originally derived from GWALCHMEI, and may have Dutch or Welsh origins.

Derived from Welsh gwalch "hawk", possibly combined with mei "May (the month)". This is the name of a character in Welsh legend. He is probably the antecedent of Gawain from Arthurian romance.

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