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Worldwide, Gervais (Gervais , 葛文 , Жерве ) is a common male first name. The given name Gervais is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common predominantly masculine, but very infrequently feminine name, Cameroon, where it is quite a common male name, and Madagascar, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and France. Likewise, Gervais is the last name as well as the forename.
Gervais is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gervais , the operatic character in the opera Manon Lescaut (Auber) and Gervase Fen , the fictional detective.