Jervis (name) explained

Jervis is a variant of the name Jarvis. It derives from the personal name Gervase; the element geri meaning spear.^{[1] [2]} Other spellings of the name include Jervoise, and Gervis.^[3]

Given name

• Jervis Burdick (1889–1962), American track and field athlete
• Jervis Drummond (born 1976), Costa Rican footballer
• Jervis Johnson, games designer for Games Workshop, Nottingham
• Jervis McEntee (1828–1891), American painter

Surname

• Billy Jervis (born 1942), English former professional footballer
• Edward Jervis Jervis, 2nd Viscount St Vincent (1767–1859)
• Jake Jervis (born 1991), English footballer
• John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (1735–1823), admiral in the Royal Navy
• John B. Jervis (1795–1885), American railroad engineer
• Richie Jervis (born 1976), English cricketer
• Robert Jervis (1940–2021), professor of international affairs at Columbia University
• Simon Swynfen Jervis (born 9 January 1943), art historian
• Thomas Jervis (judge) (1770–1838), English judge
• William Jervis (cricketer, born 1827) (1827–1909), English lawyer and cricketer
• William Jervis (cricketer, born 1839) (1839–1920), English cricketer
• Alex Jervis (carpenter born 1990)

See also

• Jervis (disambiguation)
• Jarvis (name)

Notes and References

1. Book: Lower, Mark Antony. Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom. 1860. J.R. Smith. 171.
2. Book: Hanks, Patrick. Dictionary of American Family Names. 8 May 2003. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-977169-1. 245.
3. Web site: Surname Database: Jervis Last Name Origin . The Internet Surname Database . 26 April 2020.