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From Gabii, in the Latin Gabinus-derived tradition.
The French Gabin entry derives the personal name from Latin Gabinus. The Real Academia Galega explains that Roman name as identifying someone from the ancient town of Gabii in Latium. This is a place-based name history, not a character trait or a translation of every same-spelled surname.
French name from Latin Gabinus, referring to the ancient town of Gabii.
French Gabin is recorded as a personal name from Latin Gabinus. The Real Academia Galega explains the Roman name as referring to a person from Gabii in Latium. French use and the older Latin place-based derivation are separate parts of this history.
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Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2025 | Boys | 6 · preliminary | 2789 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2008 | Girls | 5 (rounded to 5) | 5474 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Boys | 1,925 (rounded to 5) | 18 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2009 | Boys | 3 | 4527 | Historical source: not all years independently cross-checked. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2021 | Boys | 6 | 10799 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The exact entry explicitly documents masculine personal-name use as well as a separate surname sense. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact FrenchGabin entries. Sources: https://fr.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Gabin&oldid=37547286. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The French Gabin entry derives the personal name from Latin Gabinus. The Real Academia Galega explains that Roman name as identifying someone from the ancient town of Gabii in Latium. This is a place-based name history, not a character trait or a translation of every same-spelled surname. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; Real Academia Galega, Guia de nomes galegos, coordinated by A. I. Boullon Agrelo. Sources: https://fr.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Gabin&oldid=37547286; https://www.academia.gal/nomes/-/nome/Gabino. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary-derived material); other source rights retained. License link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Real Academia Galega source rights retained: https://www.academia.gal/nomes. Only a short original factual account is supplied; no Academy prose or audio reproduced. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented personal-name route, root or language-specific reading; distinct name traditions remain separate.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary-derived material); other source rights retained
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Recorded French personal-name reading, with a nasal final vowel. This is not classified as an English pronunciation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact FrenchGabin entries. Sources: https://fr.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Gabin&oldid=37547286. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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French Gabin is recorded as a personal name from Latin Gabinus. The Real Academia Galega explains the Roman name as referring to a person from Gabii in Latium. French use and the older Latin place-based derivation are separate parts of this history. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; Real Academia Galega, Guia de nomes galegos, coordinated by A. I. Boullon Agrelo. Sources: https://fr.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Gabin&oldid=37547286; https://www.academia.gal/nomes/-/nome/Gabino. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary-derived material); other source rights retained. License link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Real Academia Galega source rights retained: https://www.academia.gal/nomes. Only a short original factual account is supplied; no Academy prose or audio reproduced. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented personal-name route, root or language-specific reading; distinct name traditions remain separate.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary-derived material); other source rights retained
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Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
