Mavis (first name)

Mavis is a female given name.

Origin and meaning

Mavis is an English name, meaning: song thrush

Well-known namesake

• Mavis Gallant (1922–2014), Canadian, English-speaking journalist and writer
• Mavis Henderson (born around 1917), English badminton player
• Mavis Horsburgh (* around 1910; † 20th or 21st century), Australian badminton player
• Mavis Kerr (* around 1918), New Zealand badminton player
• Mavis Lever (1921–2013), British cryptanalyst
• Mavis Macnaughton (1911 - † 20th century), Irish badminton player
• Mavis Rivers (1929-1992), Samoan singer
• Mavis Staples (* 1939), American blues and soul singer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BROCKHAUS, THE GREAT FIRST NAME LEXICON, FA Brockhaus, Gütersloh / Munich, 2013, p. 143.