Gervase

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from the Germanic languages, common in the Middle Ages but rare today.

Etymology

Name of an early saint, Latin Gervasius, of unknown meaning, possibly Latinized from some Germanic name: Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”), second element of uncertain meaning, possibly vallis (“valley”), Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”), or the Brythonic name for the river Isara.

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