Gervaise
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Gervaise is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: Feminine form of Gervais, from Germanic roots; name of St.
- FRFrance
- USUnited States
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Feminine form of Gervais, from Germanic roots; name of St. Gervaise/Gervase, celebrated with St. Protais on 19 June.
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Gervaise is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Feminine form related to Gervais, from Latin Gervasius.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, a female given name, a rare feminine form of Gervais ( Gervase)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Origine germanique; signifie « lance audacieuse ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Féminin de Gervais, d’origine germanique.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gervaise Waldo-Sibthorpb. 1815politician
- Gervaise Debucquetb. 1966FRresearcher
- Gervaise Piersonb. 1986FRFrench handball player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 140 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 9 | #74,839 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 4 | #118,617 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Gervaise come from?
- Feminine form of Gervais, from Germanic roots; name of St. Gervaise/Gervase, celebrated with St. Protais on 19 June. Recorded by Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms.
- What does the name Gervaise mean?
- Recorded meaning: Feminine form of Gervais, from Germanic roots; name of St.
- Is Gervaise a male or female name?
- Gervaise is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Gervaise have the most bearers?
- Gervaise is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gervaise”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.