Alvis

Alvis

1. An American surname​.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   • 2010 David Moon, The Lunar Report, The Herald Sun, December 15, 2010:

     It was not easy growing up with a first name like Alvis. Every year on the first day of school when the teacher would read off her seating chart, Alvis, all the snotty little kids in my class would laugh.

• Salvi, Silva, Slavi, Sliva, Vials, Vilas, silva, vails, valis, vials, vilas

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. Possibly of Old High German origin, from al (“all”) + wīsī (“wise”), or from names beginning with Alv-, also as a masculine form of Alva.

Alvis m

1. A male given name.

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Alvis was the only given name of 1432 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.