Jarvis

Jarvis comes from an English surname which is derived from French given name Gervais, from Gervasius, a Latinized form of a Germanic name from Germanic element ger meaning "spear" + a second element of unknown meaning though possibly derived from Celtic vassus meaning "servant" so essentially meaning "servant of the spear".

Origin: Ancient Germanic 

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Variants:

• Gervais (French)
• Gervasius (Ancient Germanic, Latinized)
• Gero (German)
• Gervas (German)
• Geirr (Ancient Scandinavian)
• Geir (Icelandic, Norwegian)
• Gervase (English)
• Gervasio (Italian, Spanish)
• Gervásio (Portuguese)
• Gerwazy (Polish)
• Jervis (English)

Feminine variants: 

• Gervaise (French)