Gauvain is both a French masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Surname Florence Gauvain (born 1962), French tennis player Henry Gauvain (1878–1945), British surgeon and tuberculosis specialist Hervé Gauvain (1955–2025), French tennis player Raphaël Gauvain (born 1973), French lawyer and politician Sybille Gauvain (born 1994), French tennis player
Given name Gauvain Sers (born 1989), French singer-songwriter
See also Juliette Drouet, born Julienne Josephine Gauvain (1806–1883), French actress Gawain, a character in Arthurian legend