Worldwide, ألفيس (Alves 
, ألفيس 
, Álvez 
) is quite a rare largely masculine, but seldom female given name. The first name ألفيس is habitual in Luxembourg, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, Portugal, where it is quite a rare unisex name, and Angola, where it is quite a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, and Portugal. Much more frequently, ألفيس is the last name as well as the forename.