Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Marvis isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marvis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,468
- 1,102 boys · 1,366 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 58 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 7 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 37 in 1983. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,463 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.
Marvis’s family of names
Marvis may belong to the same name family as MARRVIS. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Marvis
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Marvis, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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