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Around the globe, גרווה (Gervais
, Greve
, גרווה
) is a common male given name. The forename גרווה is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common primarily male, but scarcely girly name, Cameroon, where it is quite a common male name, and Madagascar, where it is quite a rare masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and France. Also, גרווה is the last name as well as the forename.
גרווה is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gervase Fen , the fictional detective and Gervais , the operatic character in the opera Manon Lescaut (Auber).