Alvis

Where Alvis comes from

The dictionaries list Alvis as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #706 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1912
    Peak, #552
    53 babies named Alvis — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1965
    Alvis Hermanis born
    Latvian director
  4. 1969
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,680.
  5. 1999
    Alvis Jaunzems born
    Latvian association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Alvis Hermanis · Latvian director, born 1965
  • Alvis Jaunzems · Latvian association football player, born 1999
  • Alvis Birkovs · Latvian actor, born 1950

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.