Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Gervasius

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Origin and Meaning

Latin name of uncertain meaning. Some theories:

1) Latinised form of a Germanic name Gervas, a combination of GEIR and an uncertain last element -vas, maybe from the Old French word with Celtic roots vassal = 'manservant'

2) Combination of GEIR and the Latin name Bonifatius

3) Combination of GEIR and the Latin name Servatius

4) A Latinised form of a Greek name meaning 'man of old age'

Related Names

Gervasius ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name

See also Gervais

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

19 June

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

19 June

Further Information

Gervasius is not usually used in the Nordic countries. It is just known as the name of the Christian Saint Gervasius (3rd century).

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[1]
0 4 0 0 0 4
Denmark Denmark[2]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Norway Norway[3]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Finland Finland[4]
n.a.
 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[5]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Gervasius.


References

  1. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  2. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  4. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  5. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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