indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Gender Masculine
Usage Medieval Breton
Other Forms FormsGurwant, Gurwent, Gurvant, Gurchuant, Gourc'hoant
Meaning & History
Derived from Old Breton gour, itself an intesifying prefix, and Old Breton c'hoant / huant "desire; aspiration, ambition". Gurvand was a claimant to the Duchy of Brittany and complicit in the conspiracy which assassinated King Salomon I in 874.