Given name
Kelvis
“one who is ambitious”
Kelvis is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “one who is ambitious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who is ambitious.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kelvis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 125
- 125 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 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 6 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 316 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kelvis’s family of names
Kelvis has a related form in Kellvis. Kelvis has a related form in Kellvys. Kelvis has a related form in Kelviss.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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