Gawain was a nephew of King Arthur, and one of the knights of the Round Table, described in the 14th-century poem 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'. A Scottish derivative of the Old German name Gawin, meaning 'district of land'. Also a variant of the Scottish name Gawain, meaning little hawk or white hawk. Battle hawk. Hawk of the battle: white hawk. From the medieval name Gawain. See also Gwayne.
Gawain was a nephew of King Arthur, and one of the knights of the Round Table, described in the 14th-century poem 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'. From Arthurian legend. Battle hawk. Little hawk. White hawk. From the Welsh words for little or white hawk. Hawk of the battle.