Gervase

English

Etymology

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

Gervase

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

Derived terms

• Jarvis, Jervis

Translations

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 Sicilian: Girvasi m Spanish: Gervasio (es) m Ukrainian: Герва́сій (uk) (Hervásij)

References

• The Penguin Pocket Dictionary of Babies' Names (2005)

Further reading

• Gervasius and Protasius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Greaves, greaves, servage