Globally, Purves (Purves 
) is a very rare primarily masculine, but very seldom female first name. The first name Purves is characteristic of Southern Asia, particularly India, where it is an extremely rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely girly name. Much more frequently, Purves is the last name as well as the forename.
| sir william purves, 4th bt. (1701-1762) (b. 1701) |
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| sir alexander purves, 5th bt. (1739-1812) (b. 1739) |
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| richardson purves Peerage person ID=592327 |
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| archibald purves person associated with the witch trials in Scotland, GB |
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| murray purves researcher |
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| sir alexander purves, 2nd bt. (died 1701) |
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| sir william purves, 3rd bt. (died 1730) |
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| sir william purves, 1st bt. (died 1684) |
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| duncan purves |
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