Gervais (name)
Gervais is a French given name and family name .
Origin and meaning
Gervais is the French form of the Latin name of the Christian martyr and Saint Gervasius . Gervasius means the spearman .
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variants
- Gervasius (German)
- Gervasio (Spanish, Italian). Gervásio (Portuguese)
- Gervase (English)
- Gerwazy (Polish)
Well-known namesake
First name
- Gervais de Bazoches († 1108), French Prince of Galilee in the First Crusade
- Gervais de Château-du-Loir (1007–1067), Bishop of Le Mans from 1036, Archbishop of Reims from 1055
- Gervasius of Tilbury (1150-1235), English lawyer
- Gervais Charpentier (1805–1871), French writer
- Gervais de La Rue (1751-1835), French historian
- Gervais Martel (* 1954), French football player and club president ( RC Lens )
- Gervais Yao Kouassi (* 1987), Ivorian football player
Middle name
- Jacques Gervais Subervie (1776–1856), French general and politician
- Maurice Gervais Joachim Geslin de Trémargat , French general of the First Republic
- Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (1664 / 67–1734), Polish conductor and composer
family name
- Alfred Albert Gervais (1837–1921), French admiral
- Bruno Gervais (* 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
- Cedric Gervais (* 1979), French DJ and house producer
- Charles Gervais (1830–1872), French cheese maker
- Charles-Hubert Gervais (1671–1744), French composer
- Ferdinand de Nesle , called Gervais (18th century), Austrian-Italian garden architect
- Hans Gervais (1880–1949), Swiss insurance director
- Henri Frédéric Paul Gervais (1845–1915), French ichthyologist and son of Paul Gervais
- Jean-Loup Gervais (1936-2020), French theoretical physicist
- John Lewis Gervais (1741–1798), German-American politician
- Jules Gervais-Courtellemont (1863–1931), French photographer
- Julie Gervais (* 1991), French tennis player
- Marcel André J. Gervais (* 1931), Old Archbishop of Ottawa
- Marie Gervais-Vidricaire (* 1955), Canadian diplomat
- Michel Gervais (* 1955), Canadian conductor
- Otto R. Gervais (born February 9, 1902 Gnesen, † August 4, 1952 Putbus / Rügen), editor, narrator, playwright, owner: Photo agency "Inseldienst Rügen"
- Paul Gervais (zoologist) (1816–1879), French zoologist and paleontologist
- Paul Gervais (painter) (1859–1944), French painter, poster artist and fresco artist
- Pierre Gervais , French sailor
- Ricky Gervais (born 1961), British comedian and TV writer