Alvis Explained

Alvis is a given name and a surname (close to the uncommon Scottish surname Alves).

Alvis may also refer to:

• Alvi, a Muslim community in South Asia, who claims descent from the fourth Rashidun caliph, Ali ibn Abi Talib
• Alvis Car and Engineering Company, British luxury car and military vehicle manufacturer which later became Alvis plc
• Alvis plc (formerly United Scientific Holdings plc), a defence contractor which acquired Alvis Cars and became the UK's largest armoured vehicle manufacturer
• Hayes Alvis (1907–1972), American jazz bassist and tubist
• Max Alvis (born 1938), Major League Baseball player
• Alvis Darby (born 1954), American football player
• Arvis, a major antagonist in the game
• Alvis E. Hamilton, a character in the anime Last Exile
• Alvis, a major character in the video game Xenoblade Chronicles
• Alvis octopus, a junior synonym of the fossil crustacean Pseudastacus

See also

• Alvíss, a dwarf in Norse mythology