Girvan

Meaning

Proper Noun

• town or burgh in South Ayrshire (council area) Scotland (constituent country) .

Origin

• Anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic Inbhir Gharbhain. Possibly from geàrr + abhainn. {{cite-book
• |author=Henry Harrison
• |title=Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary
• |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0kc60WqxYK4C
• |edition=reprint
• |publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com
• |year=1969
• |volume=1
• |page=165|pages=622
• However, most likely from garbh.