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