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Marvis

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How to Pronounce Marvis

Pronounced MAR-vis /ˈmɑːr.vɪs/Medium

Meaning: Marvis is best read as a variant of Mavis, the songbird name from Old French mauvis, the song thrush; the added 'r' may also draw on Marva or Marvin, but the thrush sense of Mavis is the likeliest source of this soft early-century girl's name.Low

In 30 seconds: Marvis is an early-century girl's name, most likely a variant of Mavis, 'song thrush' (said 'MAR-vis').
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Origin LowEnglish, French
MeaningMarvis is best read as a variant of Mavis, the songbird name from Old French mauvis, the song thrush; the added 'r' may also draw on Marva or Marvin, but the thrush sense of Mavis is the likeliest source of this soft early-century girl's name.
U.S. rank (1978)#10766 ↘ Falling
1978 U.S. births5 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)
Peak year1924
Total births (all-time)≈ 1,366

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 192419141978

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Marvis most likely reworks Mavis, a Victorian bird-name from Old French mauvis, the song thrush. The extra 'r' nudges it toward Marva or Marvin, but the melodious thrush is the parent most bearers would have felt.

It belongs to the early-twentieth-century taste for pretty nature words as girls' names; a Marvis today is likely a grandmother, and the spelling remains a rare cousin of Mavis.

Did you know? Marvis rode the same songbird-name fashion that made Mavis popular; it crested around 1924 at only a few dozen girls a year and thinned away by the nineteen-seventies.
Overall data confidence 45%
References — Marvis — variant of Mavis; Old French mauvis 'song thrush'

Variations

MavisMarvie

Nicknames

Mavis

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Mavis— the parent songbird name Marvis reworks
Marva— a like early-1900s girl's name it may also draw on
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Frequently Asked

What does the name Marvis mean?

Marvis is most likely a variant of Mavis and means 'song thrush', from Old French 'mauvis'.

How do you pronounce Marvis?

It's said MAR-vis /ˈmɑːr.vɪs/ — two syllables, stress on the first.

Is Marvis a boy or girl name?

Marvis is used as a girl's name.

How popular is Marvis?

Marvis has always been rare, an early-twentieth-century variant of Mavis that is very uncommon today.

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