Kalmar "Gawain" suna daidai ne da ke nufin sunan namiji da aka ba shi, wanda ya samo asali na Tsohon Welsh. Har ila yau suna ne da ya bayyana a cikin almara na Arthurian, inda Gawain yana ɗaya daga cikin Knights of the Round Tebur, wanda aka sani da jarumtaka da jarumtaka.
