Gervais Family

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About the Gervais surname

The surname Gervais is associated with a patronymic formation. Gervais derives from the given name Gervais, long used in France. The surname may originally have expressed descent before becoming fixed as a hereditary family name. Different families could independently adopt a surname formed from the same given name.

Pronunciation: Jèr-vè/ʒɛʁvɛ/

Most frequent given names among the Gervais family

Men

  1. 1Joseph6,345
  2. 2Jean-Baptiste4,419
  3. 3Pierre4,165
  4. 4François2,873
  5. 5Louis2,574

Women

  1. 1Marie3,212
  2. 2Marguerite1,926
  3. 3Marie-Anne1,450
  4. 4Jeanne1,398
  5. 5Marie-Louise1,090
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The Gervais name in our genealogy archives

215,973occurrences in our collections
10collections containing this name
1,727 2,4611881 → 1901people enumerated
1665First mention of the name
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