Navin is a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

of various origins. In some cases, it is a Hebrew surname, whose Dutch derivative is

Nawijn Nawijn is a Dutch surname which was changed from the French name Navin. The family descends from the French Huguenot ''Firmin Navin'' who moved to Amsterdam in 1696,http://twente.ngv.nl/Documenten/TG-nr.%204-2008.pdf one of the many Huguenots flee ...

. In other cases, the surname is derived from the

Gaelic Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to: Languages * Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ...

surnames ''Mac Cnáimhín'' and ''Ó Cnáimhín''. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016) p. 1930.

People with the surname

Alireza Navin Alireza Novin (, born 27 February 1961)is an Iranian politician who is currently representing Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr electoral district in the Parliament of Iran since 2024. He is the former mayor of Tabriz, Iran. He was elected as 54th May ...

(born 1961), Iranian politician *

Ashwin Navin Ashwin Navin (born c.1977) is an American entrepreneur who is the CEO and co-founder of Samba TV, a data and analytics service that measures television viewership using opt-in data from Internet-connected devices and set-top boxes. The company has ...

(born c.1977), American businessman of Indian origin *

Frank Navin Francis Joseph Navin (April 18, 1871 – November 13, 1935) was an American businessman and baseball executive who was the president of the Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball for 27 years, from 1908 to 1935. He was part-owner from 1908 to ...

(1871–1935), American accountant *

Hilbrand Nawijn Hilbrand Pier Anne Nawijn (born 8 August 1948) is a Dutch lawyer and politician of the local political party Lijst Hilbrand Nawijn (LHN) in Zoetermeer. From 2002 to 2004, he served as a Member of the House of Representatives for the Pim Fortuyn ...

(born 1948), Dutch politician * John P. Navin, Jr. (born 1968), American actor * Richard J. Navin (1934–2006), American artist

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