Gervais (name)
Gervais, or Gervaise, is a name in English and French of Old French origin. The name in English was inherited via Norman, and is ultimately derived from the Proto-Germanic Gervas, which is composed of the elements and an unknown second, possibly a borrowing from the Celtic -wass. The name Jarvis is derived from Gervais. Gervais is latinized as Gervasius. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
Middle Ages
- Gervase Alard, Admiral of the Cinque Ports Fleet and Admiral of the Western Fleet of the English Navy
- Gervase of Bazoches, crusader and Prince of Galilee
- Gervase of Besançon, saint and a bishop of Besançon
- Gervase of Blois, Abbot of Westminster in England
- Gervase of Canterbury, English chronicler
- Gervais de Château-du-Loir, French nobleman and bishop
- Gervase de Cornhill, Anglo-Norman royal official and sheriff
- Gervase of Ebstorf, author of the Ebstorf Map created c. 1234; possibly the same man as Gervase of Tilbury
- Gervase of Melkley, French scholar and poet
- Gervais, Count of Rethel, French archbishop and nobleman
- Gervase of Tilbury, English chronicler
Early modern era
- Gervase Babington, Bishop of Llandaff, Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of Worcester
- Gervais Baudouin, French physician
- Sir Gervase Elwes, 1st Baronet, English Member of Parliament
- Gervase Elwes, junior, English Member of Parliament, son of the 1st baronet
- Gervase Holles, English lawyer, antiquarian and Member of Parliament
- Gervais de La Rue, French historian
- Gervase Markham, English poet and writer
- Gervais Parker, British Army officer
Late modern era
- Gervais Batota, Congolese footballer
- Gervase Beckett, British banker and Member of Parliament
- Gervaise Cooke, British Royal Navy officer and Naval Secretary
- Gervais Djondo, Togolese entrepreneur
- Gervase Elwes, English tenor
- Gervais Emmanuel Ducasse, Haitian painter
- Gervais Gindre, French cross country skier and Olympic competitor
- Gervais Henrie, Seychellois politician
- Gervas Huxley, British soldier and author
- Gervase Jackson-Stops, English architectural historian
- Gervais Martel, French businessman and football club president
- Gervais Nolan, Canadian fur trapper
- Gervase Peterson, American contestant on the show Survivor
- Gervase de Peyer, English clarinettist and conductor
- Gervase Phinn, English author and educator
- Gervas Pierrepont, 6th Earl Manvers, British nobleman, soldier and landowner
- Gervais Randrianarisoa, Malagasy footballer
- Gervais Rentoul, British politician
- Gervas Rozario, Bangladeshi bishop
- Gervais Rufyikiri, Burundian politician
- G. D. Spradlin Gervase Duan Spradlin, American actor
- Gervais Tennyson d'Eyncourt, English baronet
- Gervais Waye-Hive, Seychellois soccer player
- Gervinho, Ivorian footballer Gervais Yao Kouassi
Surname
- Aaron Gervais, Canadian composer
- Aurèle Gervais, Canadian politician
- Bruno Gervais, Canadian ice hockey player
- Cedric Gervais, French DJ and house music producer
- Charles-Hubert Gervais, French composer
- Claude Gervaise, French composer, editor and arranger
- Eugène Gervais, French Architect
- Drago Gervais, Croatian poet
- François Armand Gervaise, French Discalced Carmelite and historian
- Gaétan Gervais, Canadian writer, historian and flag designer
- Isaac Gervaise, English merchant and economist
- Jean-Loup Gervais French physicist
- Joseph Gervais, Oregon pioneer
- John Gervais, Bishop of Winchester
- John Lewis Gervais, South Carolina statesman
- Leslie-Ann Gervais, Canadian fencer
- Marc Gervais, Canadian Jesuit and film professor
- Paul Gervais, French palaeontologist and entomologist
- Paul Gervais , French painter
- Paul Gervais , American novelist and garden-designer
- Paul Mullins Gervais, Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
- Ricky Gervais, English comedian and actor
- Terence White Gervais, English musician and writer
- Tony Gervaise, Scottish association football player and coach
- Virginie Gervais, French model and porn star
Fictional characters
- Gervase Fen, a detective in novels by Edmund Crispin
- Petit Gervais, a minor character in the novel ''Les Misérables''