Gervase

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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.

Proper noun[edit]

Gervase

A male given name from the Germanic languages, common in the Middle Ages but rare today.

Derived terms[edit]

Jarvis

Translations[edit]

male given name

Catalan: Gervasi (ca) m
Dutch: Gervasius m
Esperanto: Gervasio
French: Gervais (fr)
Greek: Γερβάσιος (el) (Gervásios)
Hungarian: Gyárfás (hu)
Italian: Gervasio (it)
Lombard: Gervàsi, Gervàs
Occitan: Gervàs m, Gervais m, Gervasi m
Polish: Gerwazy (pl) m
Portuguese: Gervásio
Romanian: Ghervasie
Russian: Герва́сий m (Gervásij)
Serbo-Croatian: Gervazije m
Spanish: Gervasio (es) m
Ukrainian: Герва́сій (uk) (Hervásij)

References[edit]

The Penguin Pocket Dictionary of Babies' Names (2005)

Further reading[edit]

Gervasius and Protasius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams[edit]

Greaves, greaves, servage

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