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Gavi

Boy · GAH-vee · Hebrew

Gavi is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my strength”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).

What does Gavi mean?

Hebrew: Hebrew short form of Gavriel (Gabriel)

“God is my strength”

An Israeli short form of Gavriel, the Hebrew form of Gabriel.

Say it
GAH-vee

Is Gavi a girl's or a boy's name?

Gavi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Gavi in the US?

Rank in 2025
#6,799among boys
Babies in 2025
12about 1 in 140,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Gavi, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 2018.

Half of all the boys named Gavi in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

2018Busiest: 18 in 20232025
Gavi in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202512#6,799
20248#8,982
202318#5,250
202216#5,629
20210–
20200–
20190–
20188#8,813

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