Given name & surname
Jervis
“one who wields a spear”
Jervis is a variant of Jarvis. One French interpretation is “one who wields a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jervis is a variant of Jarvis. One French interpretation is “one who wields a spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jervis is a variant of Jarvis. A possible origin is Middle English, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Jervis is a variant of Jarvis. The history of Jarvis gives this family its wider story. Jarvis’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Jervis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 282
- 282 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 342 as a first name in 2020; 1,733 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jervis’s family of names
Jervis has a related form in Jarvis. In English usage, Jervis has a conventional equivalent in the French form Gervais.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jervis
- Jervis DrummondCosta Rican footballerborn 1976
- Jervis McEnteeAmerican painter (1828-1891)
- Jervis JohnsonBritish game designerborn 1959
Characters named Jervis: Mad Hatter (DC Comics).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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