Gavrilov (Cyrillic alphabet: Гаврилов), or Gavrilova (feminine; Гаврилова) is a Slavic last name, derived from the first name "Гаврила", "Гаврило" (Gavrila, Gavrilo, i.e., Gabriel). It was also transliterated in other languages as Gawrilov, Gawriloff, Gavriloff; Belarusian: Haurylau,(Гаўрылаў); Ukrainian: Gavryliv (Гаврилів). It is one of the most common surnames in Russia and Bulgaria and former Soviet states such as Kazakhstan.
Notable people with the surname include:
Aleksandr Gavrilov (figure skater), Soviet figure skaterAleksandr Vladimirovich Gavrilov (b. 1979), Russian footballerAleksei Ivanovich Gavrilov, a Russian professional football playerAndrei Gavrilov (born 1955), a Russian pianistAndrey Gavrilov (born 1974), a Kazakhstani butterfly swimmerAsen Gavrilov (1926–2006), a Bulgarian ballet dancer and choreographerBoris Anatolyevich Gavrilov, a Russian football coachBoris Petrovich Gavrilov, a Soviet rugby union playerDaria Gavrilova, a Russian–Australian tennis playerDmitriy Gavrilov, a Kazakh professional basketball playerFyodor Gavrilov, a Russian painter of the second half of the 18th centuryIllya Hawrylaw, a Belarusian professional football player.Leonid Gavrilov (born 1954), a Russian-American scientist, and a founder of the reliability theory of aging and longevityMikhail Gavrilov (born 1903), a Soviet scientistNeil Hawryliw (born 1957), a Canadian ice hockey playerPyotr Mikhailovich Gavrilov (1900–1979), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet UnionSanal Gavrilov, a Russian professional football playerValentin Gavrilov (born 1946), a Soviet athleteYuri Gavrilov (born 1953), a Russian football manager