The first name Gervase
A boy’s name meaning “spear”, “valley”, “servant”.
2 syllables Male
Meaning and origin
Gervase means “spear”, “valley”, “servant”.
Name of an early saint, Latin Gervasius, of unknown meaning, possibly Latinized from some Germanic name: Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”), second element of uncertain meaning, possibly vallis (“valley”), Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”), or the Brythonic name for the river Isara.
More names that mean sword.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Gervase at birth, 1880–2025
In 1960, 5 boys born in the United States were named Gervase, the 4,256th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1930, when 16 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Gervase in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Famous people named Gervase
5 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Gervase of TilburyEnglish canonist and writer, 1150–1234
- Gervase of CanterburyEnglish chronicler, 1141–1210
- Gervase de PeyerEnglish clarinetist and conductor (1926–2017)
- Gervase MarkhamEnglish poet and writer, 1568–1637
- Alex ChalkBritish politician (born 1976)
Questions
- What does the name Gervase mean?
- Gervase means “spear”, “valley”, “servant”.
- Is Gervase a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 98% of the 202 US babies named Gervase since 1880 were boys.
- When was Gervase most popular?
- 1930 in the United States, when 16 babies were named Gervase, its highest rank at 1,918th.