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'''Elvis''' is a male given name. It is an [[anglicisation]] of the [[Irish language|Irish]] name of [[Ailbe of Emly|Saint Ailbe]] (d. 528).<ref>Iseabail Macleod and Terry Freedman, ''The Wordsworth Dictionary of First Names: A Concise and Useful Guide to the Origins and Meanings of Over 2000 Names'' (Ware: Wordsworth, 1995), p. 68; Leslie Dunkling and William Gosling, ''Everyman's Dictionary of First Names'', 3rd edn (London: Dent, 1991), pp. 82-83.</ref>
'''Elvis''' is a male given name that first appears as that of a [[Saint Elvis of Munster|Saint Elvis]], a figure said to be active in [[medieval Wales]]. While the name features in early [[Medieval Welsh literature]] and is of Celtic origin, it is uncertain if the name was originally Irish (Gaelic) or Welsh (Brythonic).
The saint was also a popular figure in [[medieval Wales]], where he was claimed to be of [[ancient Britons|British]] origin,<ref name=elvislives>[https://books.google.com/books?id=I2qoAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT164 "Saint Elvis"] in [[Terry Breverton]]'s ''Wales: A Historical Companion'', pp.&nbsp;164&nbsp;f. Amberley Publishing (Stroud), 2009.</ref>
in which case the Irish name ''Ailbe'' might be [[gaelicisation]] of an [[Common Brittonic|Ancient British]] name ancestral to modern [[Welsh language|Welsh]] ''Eilfyw'' or ''Eilfw''.<ref>{{cite book | last=Plummer | first=Charles | title= Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae [Lives of the Saints of Ireland]. | url= https://archive.org/details/vitaesanctorumh00plumgoog | page= [https://archive.org/details/vitaesanctorumh00plumgoog/page/n72 46] ff., vol. 1 | publisher=Clarendon | location=Oxford | origyear=1910 |edition=2nd |year=1968}}</ref>


The name has also become predominantly associated in contemporary culture since the mid-twentieth century with the American singer [[Elvis Presley]].
==Etymology==
[[File:ELVIS_light_name_-_Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame_(2014-12-30_11.57.41_by_Sam_Howzit).jpg|thumb|"ELVIS" in lights at the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘖𝘩𝘪𝘰, Commemorating the musician Elvis Presley]]
{{see|Ailbe of Emly#The name "Ailbe"}}
The etymology of the name is unknown, and it is uncertain whether the name should be considered Irish (Gaelic) or British (Welsh) or Scandinavian (Old Norse) in origin.
A folk etymology is suggested in the ''Vita Albei'', as a derivative of ''ail'' "a rock" and ''beo'' "living".<ref>Baring-Gould and Fisher (1907), "The Lives of the British Saints" Vol I, p. 130 [https://archive.org/details/livesofbritishsa01bariuoft]</ref>
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A sporadic association of the saint's name with rocks has been observed, as in the ''Lia Ailbe'' ("stone of Ailbe") on the ''Magh Ailbe'' (plain of Ailbe), in ''Sliabh Ailbe'' "Mount Ailbe" in ''Duanaire Finn''.<ref>II, 95, xlii in MacNeill, Eoin and Murphy, Gerard (1908-54) Duanaire Finn, 3 vols, Irish Texts Society 7, 28, 43.</ref> and maybe in ''Inbher Ailbhine'' mentioned in Tirechan's ''Vita Patricii''.<ref> Watson, W.J. (1926) "The Celtic Place Names of Scotland", Edinburgh/London, p. 469, note 1.</ref>
Other possibilities involve derivation from the root ''albh-'' "white", which is found in the names of a number of Celtic deities (including a possible ''Albius'' recorded in a single inscription from Aignay-le Duc),<ref>Lajoye, Patrice & Crombet, Pierre, (2016) "Encyclopédie de l'Arbre Celtique" s.v Albius, retrieved 25 August 2016. [http://encyclopedie.arbre-celtique.com/encyclopedie.php] ; Beck op.cit: 4, III, B, 1) c)</ref>
or alternively from Insular Celtic ''albi(i̭)o-'' "world" (Welsh ''elfydd'' "world, land",<ref>In fact this root has been argued to be related to the root ''albho-'' 'white, bright', see Meid, Wolfgang (1990) "Über Albion, elfydd, Albiorix, und andere Indikatoren eine keltischen Weltbildes" in M.J. Ball, J, Fife, E, Poppe and J.Rowland, ed. Celtic Linguistics: Readings in the Brythonic Languages, Festschrift for T. Arwyn Watkins, Amsterdam/ Philadelphia.</ref> or alternatively from the surname ''Elwes''.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland|author1=Patrick Hanks|author2=Richard Coates|author3=Peter McClure|page=835|year=2016|isbn=978-0199677764}}</ref>

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The name may be derived from the Scandinavian [[Old Norse]] word [[Alviss]] which in [[Norse mythology]] means “all-wise”.

The name may be related or identical to [[Elwen|''Elwen'', ''Elvan'']], the name of a poorly attested saint or saints venerated in early medieval Cornwall and Brittany.

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In medieval French sources, the unrelated homograph ''Elvis'' occurs as a feminine name, a variant of ''Helvis'', ''Aluysa'', ''Alaisa'', from a Germanic name such as ''Alwis''.<ref>''Mémoires de la Société bourguignonne de géographie et d'histoire'' 5 (1887), [https://books.google.com/books?id=LWELAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA481 p. 481]; Elvis d'Epoisses (died c. 1252), wife of [[André de Montbard]].</ref>


==Usage==
==Usage==
The name most commonly refers to American singer and actor [[Elvis Presley]] (1935–1977).
The name most commonly refers to American singer and actor [[Elvis Presley]] (1935–1977). Earlier bearers of the name include American government official and college administrator [[Elvis Jacob Stahr Jr.]] (1916–1998, born the same year as Elvis Presley's father, Vernon Elvis Presley).<ref>
Earlier bearers of the name include American college administrator [[Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr.]] (1916–1998, born the same year as Elvis Presley's father, Vernon Elvis Presley).<ref>
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</ref> In most cases, however, it refers to people who have the name as a tribute to Elvis Presley.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}} People in this latter group includes those who took the name themselves (with UK-born singer and songwriter [[Elvis Costello]] being an example), and those who were named ''Elvis'' by their parents.
</ref> In most cases, however, it refers to people who have the name as a tribute to Elvis Presley. People in this latter group includes those who changed their names themselves (with British-born singer and songwriter [[Elvis Costello]] being an example), and those who were named ''Elvis'' by their parents.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

In the [[Balkans]], Elvis is popular among [[Bosniaks]] in the former [[Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] nations. It is also popular among [[Albanians]]. The name's popularity is likely due to its similarity to other popular names shared by these groups, such as [[Elvir]] and [[Elvin (given name)|Elvin]]. This region also has a female equivalent to the name: Elvisa.

==Saint Elvis==
The saint's name is given as Eilfyw in Welsh, [[Ailbe of Emly#The name "Ailbe"|Ailbe]] in Irish, and Elvis in later English translations. Writing in the late 11th century ''Buchedd Dewi'' ("Life of David"), [[Rhigyfarch]] states that a Saint Elvis baptised [[Saint David]] at [[Porthclais]].<ref>Wade-Evans, A.W. (1913) Rhigyfarch's Life of Saint David, ed. and trans., University of Wales Press, and (1944) Vitae Sanctorum Britanniae, ed. and trans, Cardiff, UWP. (pp. 150-172, 364-387 in new edition, ed. Scott Lloyd, Welsh Academic Press Cardiff, 2013); Sharpe, Richard and Davies, John Reuben, ed. (2007) "Vita S. David" in Evans, J Wyn and Wooding, Jonathan M, ed. "St David of Wales, Cult, Church and Nation", Boydell Press, Woodbridge</ref><ref>BBC. "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/saints/david_3.shtml Saint David]".</ref> Welsh traditions suggest that Elvis spent much of his life in this area, as he is said to have [[fosterage|fostered]] the young St David<ref name=elvislives/> while serving as [[bishop of St David's|bishop of Menevia]] (present-day [[St Davids]]). There remains a number of places associated with the saint that bear the name "Elvis" in the St Davids area, including a burial chamber, a shrine, the [[St Elvis, Pembrokeshire|Parish of St Elvis]], St Elvis farm<ref>{{cite map| url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=St%20Elvis%20farm%20Solva%20Pembroke%20SA62| title=St Elvis farm Solva Pembroke SA62| publisher=Google maps| access-date=26 May 2009}}</ref> and St Elvis's [[holy well|Well]].<ref name=elvislives>[https://books.google.com/books?id=I2qoAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT164 "Saint Elvis"] in [[Terry Breverton]]'s ''Wales: A Historical Companion'', pp.&nbsp;164&nbsp;f. Amberley Publishing (Stroud), 2009.</ref>

If the saint's name is of a Welsh origin, the Irish version ''Ailbe'' may be a [[gaelicisation]] of an [[Common Brittonic|Ancient British]] name ancestral to modern [[Welsh language|Welsh]] ''Eilfyw'' or ''Eilfw''.<ref>{{cite book | last=Plummer | first=Charles | title= Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae [Lives of the Saints of Ireland]. | url= https://archive.org/details/vitaesanctorumh00plumgoog | page= [https://archive.org/details/vitaesanctorumh00plumgoog/page/n72 46] ff., vol. 1 | publisher=Clarendon | location=Oxford | origyear=1910 |edition=2nd |year=1968}}</ref> Alternatively, the name may be related or identical to the Brythonic names ''[[Elwen]]'', Eluan and ''Elvan'', the names of a number of several attested saints venerated in early medieval Wales, [[Cornwall]] and [[Brittany]]. Or even from the surname ''Elwes''.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland|author1=Patrick Hanks|author2=Richard Coates|author3=Peter McClure|page=835|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0199677764}}</ref> If the name is of Welsh origin, it may derive from the [[Old Welsh]] ''elfydd'' ("world" or "land"), ultimately from the [[common Celtic]] root ''albi(i̭)o-'' ("world")<ref>In fact this root has been argued to be related to the root ''albho-'' 'white, bright', see Meid, Wolfgang (1990) "Über Albion, elfydd, Albiorix, und andere Indikatoren eine keltischen Weltbildes" in M.J. Ball, J, Fife, E, Poppe and J.Rowland, ed. Celtic Linguistics: Readings in the Brythonic Languages, Festschrift for T. Arwyn Watkins, Amsterdam/ Philadelphia.</ref>

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A [[folk etymology]] is suggested for a Gaelic origin of the name in the 14th-century ''Vita Albei'', deriving it from ''ail'' ("a rock") and ''beo'' ("living").<ref>Baring-Gould and Fisher (1907), "The Lives of the British Saints" Vol I, p. 130 [https://archive.org/details/livesofbritishsa01bariuoft]</ref> A sporadic association of the saint's name with rocks has been observed, as in the ''Lia Ailbe'' ("stone of Ailbe") on the ''Magh Ailbe'' (plain of Ailbe), in ''Sliabh Ailbe'' "Mount Ailbe" in ''Duanaire Finn'',<ref>II, 95, xlii in MacNeill, Eoin and Murphy, Gerard (1908-54) Duanaire Finn, 3 vols, Irish Texts Society 7, 28, 43.</ref> and maybe in ''Inbher Ailbhine'' mentioned in Tirechan's ''Vita Patricii''.<ref> Watson, W.J. (1926) "The Celtic Place Names of Scotland", Edinburgh/London, p. 469, note 1.</ref> Other possibilities involve derivation from the root ''albh-'' "white", which is found in the names of a number of Celtic deities (including a possible ''Albius'' recorded in a single inscription from Aignay-le Duc).<ref>Lajoye, Patrice & Crombet, Pierre, (2016) "Encyclopédie de l'Arbre Celtique" s.v Albius, retrieved 25 August 2016. [http://encyclopedie.arbre-celtique.com/encyclopedie.php] ; Beck op.cit: 4, III, B, 1) c)</ref>

==Other proposed etymologies==
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In medieval French sources, the unrelated homograph ''Elvis'' occurs as a feminine name, a variant of ''Helvis'', ''Aluysa'', ''Alaisa'', from a Germanic name such as ''Alwis''.<ref>''Mémoires de la Société bourguignonne de géographie et d'histoire'' 5 (1887), [https://books.google.com/books?id=LWELAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA481 p. 481]; Elvis d'Epoisses (died c. 1252), wife of [[André de Montbard]].</ref>

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The name may also be derived from the Scandinavian [[Old Norse]] word [[Alviss]] which in [[Norse mythology]] means ''all-wise.''<ref>https://babynames.com/name/elvis</ref>


==People with the name==
==People with the name==
===Musicians===
===Musicians===
*[[Elvis Presley]] (1935–1977), American singer and actor, known simply as Elvis, also known as “[[Honorific nicknames in popular music|The King of Rock and Roll]]”, or simply “The King”
*[[Elvis Presley]] (1935–1977), American singer and actor, known simply as Elvis, also known as "[[Honorific nicknames in popular music|The King of Rock and Roll]]"
*[[Elvis Costello]] (born 1954), the stage name of Declan Patrick MacManus, English singer
*[[Elvis Costello]] (born 1954), the stage name of Declan Patrick MacManus, English singer
*[[Elvis J. Kurtović]] (born 1962), the stage name of Mirko Srdić, Bosnian rock and roll musician
*[[Elvis J. Kurtović]] (born 1962), the stage name of Mirko Srdić, Bosnian rock and roll musician
*[[Elvis Perkins]] (born 1976), American singer and songwriter
*[[Elvis Perkins]] (born 1976), American singer and songwriter
*[[Elvis Blue]] (born 1979), the stage name of [[South African Idol]]'s season 6 winner Jan Hoogendyk
*[[Elvis Blue]] (born 1979), the stage name of South African Idol's season 6 winner Jan Hoogendyk
*Elvis Hitler, the stage name of Jim Leedy, an American singer and the frontman of the band [[Elvis Hitler]]
*Elvis Hitler, the stage name of Jim Leedy, an American singer and the frontman of the band [[Elvis Hitler]]
*[[Elvis Crespo]] (born 1971), Puerto Rican [[Merengue (dance)|Merengue]] singer
*[[Elvis Crespo]] (born 1971), Puerto Rican Merengue singer
*[[Elvis Martínez (singer)]] (born 1976), Dominican singer, songwriter, and guitarist
*[[Elvis Martínez (singer)]] (born 1976), Dominican singer, songwriter, and guitarist
*[[Blac Elvis|Elvis Williams]] (born 1981), better known as Blac Elvis, American record producer, musician, and songwriter
*[[Blac Elvis|Elvis Williams]] (born 1981), better known as Blac Elvis, American record producer, musician, and songwriter
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===Athletes (association football)===
===Athletes (association football)===
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*[[Elvis Peacock]] (born 1956), American football player
*[[Elvis Franks]] (born 1957), American football player
*[[Elvis Franks]] (born 1957), American football player
*[[Elvis Patterson]] (born 1960) American football player
*[[Elvis Patterson]] (born 1960), American football player
*[[Elvis Antoine]] (born 1965), Mauritian footballer and coach
*[[Elvis Albertus]] (born 1966), Aruban football manager
*[[Elvis Brajković]] (born 1969), Croatian footballer
*[[Elvis Brajković]] (born 1969), Croatian footballer
*[[Elvis Anthony]] (born 1970), Antigua and Barbuda footballer
*[[Elvis Grbac]] (born 1970), American football player
*[[Elvis Scoria]] (born 1971), Croatian football manager and former player
*[[Elvis Scoria]] (born 1971), Croatian football manager and former player
*[[Elvis Toci]] (born 1971), Albanian sport manager
*[[Elvis Toci]] (born 1971), Albanian sport manager
*[[Elvis Thomas (soccer, born 1972)]], Canadian soccer player
*[[Elvis Thomas (soccer, born 1972)]], Canadian soccer player
*[[Elvis Hajradinović]] (born 1972), Macedonian-Bosnian footballer
*[[Elvis Hajradinović]] (born 1972), Macedonian-Bosnian footballer
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*[[Elvis Ribarič]] (born 1972), Slovenian footballer
*[[Elvis Mešić]] (born 1977), Bosnian footballer
*[[Elvis Mešić]] (born 1977), Bosnian footballer
*[[Elvis Scott]] (born 1978), Honduran footballer
*[[Elvis Scott]] (born 1978), Honduran footballer
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*[[Elvis Sina]] (born 1978), Albanian footballer
*[[Elvis Sina]] (born 1978), Albanian footballer
*[[Elvis Plori]] (born 1978), Albanian footballer and coach
*[[Elvis Plori]] (born 1978), Albanian footballer and coach
*[[Elvis Joseph]] (born 1978), American football player
*[[Elvis Kotorri]] (born 1979), Albanian footballer
*[[Elvis Kotorri]] (born 1979), Albanian footballer
*[[Elvis Hammond]] (born 1980), Ghanaian footballer
*[[Elvis Hammond]] (born 1980), Ghanaian footballer
*[[Elvis Marecos]] (born 1980), Paraguayan footballer
*[[Elvis Abbruscato]] (born 1981), Italian footballer
*[[Elvis Abbruscato]], (born 1981), Italian footballer
*[[Elvis Defreitas]] (born 1981), Barbadian footballer
*[[Elvis Corić]] (born 1981), Bosnian footballer
*[[Elvis González (footballer)]] (born 1982), Colombian footballer
*[[Elvis Santana]] (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
*[[Elvis Dumervil]] (born 1984), American football player
*[[Elvis Dumervil]] (born 1984), American football player
*[[Elvis Andrus]] (born 1988), Venezuelan baseball player
*[[Elvis Andrus]] (born 1988), Venezuelan baseball player
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*[[Elvis Kokalović]] (born 1988), Croatian footballer
*[[Elvis Kokalović]] (born 1988), Croatian footballer
*[[Elvis Fisher]] (born 1988), American football player
*[[Elvis Fisher]] (born 1988), American football player
*[[Elvis Vieira Araújo]] (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
*[[Elvis Sarić]] (born 1990), Bosnian footballer
*[[Elvis Sarić]] (born 1990), Bosnian footballer
*[[Elvis Džafić]] (born 1990), Slovenian footballer
*[[Elvis Džafić]] (born 1990), Slovenian footballer
*[[Elvis Bratanović]] (born 1992), Slovenian footballer
*[[Elvis Bratanović]] (born 1992), Slovenian footballer
*[[Elvis Job]] (born 1992), Cameroonian footballer
*[[Elvis Manu]] (born 1993), Ghanaian footballer
*[[Elvis Manu]] (born 1993), Ghanaian footballer
*[[Elvis Prençi]] (born 1993), Albanian footballer
*[[Elvis Prençi]] (born 1993), Albanian footballer
*[[Elvis Stuglis]] (born 1993), Latvian footballer
*[[Elvis Stuglis]] (born 1993), Latvian footballer
*[[Elvis Thomas (footballer, born 1994)]], Antiguan footballer
*[[Elvis Thomas (footballer, born 1994)|Elvis Thomas]] (born 1994), Antiguan footballer
*[[Elvis Kabashi]] (born 1994), Albanian footballer
*[[Elvis Kabashi]] (born 1994), Albanian footballer
*[[Elvis Haxhillari]] (born 1994), Albanian footballer
*[[Elvis Garcia Carvalho]] (born 1996), Brazilian footballer


===Athletes (other sports)===
===Athletes (other sports)===
*[[Elvis Merzļikins]] (born 1994), Latvian ice hockey player
*[[Elvis Merzļikins]] (born 1994), Latvian ice hockey player
*[[Elvis Perrodin]] (1956–2012) American jockey
*[[Elvis Grbac]] (born 1970), American football player
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*[[Elvis Perrodin]] (1956–2012), American jockey
*[[Elvis Gordon]] (1958–2011), Jamaican-born English judoka
*[[Elvis Gordon]] (1958–2011), Jamaican-born English judoka
*[[Elvis Rolle]] (born 1958), Bahamian basketball player
*[[Elvis Rolle]] (born 1958), Bahamian basketball player
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*[[Elvis Gregory]] (born 1971), Cuban fencer
*[[Elvis Gregory]] (born 1971), Cuban fencer
*[[Elvis Reifer]] (1961–2011), Barbadian cricketer
*[[Elvis Reifer]] (1961–2011), Barbadian cricketer
*[[Elvis Dominguez]] (born 1963), American baseball player and coach
*[[Elvis Dominguez]] (born 1963), American baseball player and coach
*[[Elvis Álvarez]] (1965–1995), Colombian boxer
*[[Elvis Álvarez]] (1965–1995), Colombian boxer
*[[Elvis Yero]] (1965–2001), Cuban-American boxer
*[[Elvis Yero]] (1965–2001), Cuban-American boxer
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*[[Elvis Peña]] (born 1974), Dominican baseball player
*[[Elvis Peña]] (born 1974), Dominican baseball player
*[[Elvis Mihailenko]] (born 1976), Latvian boxer
*[[Elvis Mihailenko]] (born 1976), Latvian boxer
*[[Elvis Peršić]] (born 1976), Croatian sprinter
*[[Elvis Vermeulen]] (born 1979), French rugby player
*[[Elvis Vermeulen]] (born 1979), French rugby player
*[[Elvis Contreras]] (born 1979), Dominican volleyball player
*[[Elvis Contreras]] (born 1979), Dominican volleyball player
*[[Elvis Trujillo]] (born 1983) American jockey
*[[Elvis Trujillo]] (born 1983), American jockey
*[[Elvis Mutapčić]] (born 1986), Bosnian-American mixed martial artist
*[[Elvis Mutapčić]] (born 1986), Bosnian-American mixed martial artist
*[[Elvis Burrows]] (born 1989), Bahamian swimmer
*[[Elvis Burrows]] (born 1989), Bahamian swimmer
*[[Elvis Gashi]] (born 1992), American kickboxer
*[[Elvis Gashi]] (born 1992), American kickboxer
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*[[Elvis Cedeño]] (born 1964), Venezuelan hurdler


===Other===
===Other===
*[[Ailbe of Emly|St Elvis]], a Celtic saint active in the 5th and early 6th centuries
*[[Elvis Jacob Stahr Jr.]] (1916–1998), American administrator and government official
*[[Elvis Jacob Stahr Jr.]] (1916–1998), American administrator and government official
*[[Elvis Ngolle Ngolle]] (born 1953), Cameroonian politician and a professor
*[[Elvis Ngolle Ngolle]] (born 1953), Cameroonian politician and a professor
*[[Elvis Stephenson]] (born 1957), Anglo-Indian politician
*[[Elvis Mitchell]] (born 1958), American film critic, formerly with ''The New York Times''
*[[Elvis Mitchell]] (born 1958), American film critic, formerly with ''The New York Times''
*[[Elvis McGonagall]] (born 1960), the stage name of Richard Smith, Scottish poet and stand-up comedian
*[[Elvis McGonagall]] (born 1960), the stage name of Richard Smith, Scottish poet and stand-up comedian
*[[Elvis Tsui]] (born 1961), the stage name of Xu Jinjiang, Hong Kong actor
*[[Elvis Tsui]] (born 1961), the stage name of Xu Jinjiang, Hong Kong actor
*[[Elvis Pompilio]] (born 1961), Belgian fashion designer
*[[Elvis Amoroso]] (born 1963), Venezuelan politician and lawyer
*[[Elvis Amoroso]] (born 1963), Venezuelan politician and lawyer
*[[Elvis Duran]] (born 1964), the stage name of Barry Brian Cope, host of ''Elvis Duran and the Morning Show''
*[[Elvis Duran]] (born 1964), the stage name of Barry Brian Cope, host of ''Elvis Duran and the Morning Show''
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*[[Elvis Sekyanzi]] (born 1975), Ugandan businessman
*[[Elvis Sekyanzi]] (born 1975), Ugandan businessman
*[[Elvis Naçi]] (born 1977), Albanian imam and theologian
*[[Elvis Naçi]] (born 1977), Albanian imam and theologian
*[[Elvis Nyathi]] (1979–2022), Zimbabwean refugee and murder victim
*[[Elvis González Valencia]] (born 1979 or 1980), Mexican suspected drug lord
*[[Elvis González Valencia]] (born 1979 or 1980), Mexican suspected drug lord
*[[Elvis Morris Donkoh]] (born 1983), Ghanaian politician
*[[Elvis Morris Donkoh]] (born 1983), Ghanaian politician
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*[[Elvis Loveless]], Canadian politician
*[[Elvis Loveless]], Canadian politician


===Fictional characters===
== Fictional characters ==

*Elvis, a pet alligator in ''[[Miami Vice]]''
*Elvis, a pet alligator in ''[[Miami Vice]]''
*Elvis Cole, private investigator and protagonist of the [[Robert Crais]] series of crime novels
*Elvis Cole, private investigator and protagonist of the [[Robert Crais]] series of crime novels
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*Elvis, a guide dog in ''[[Growing Up Fisher]]''
*Elvis, a guide dog in ''[[Growing Up Fisher]]''
*Li'l Elvis Jones, main character in the Australian animated musical children's television series ''[[Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers]]''
*Li'l Elvis Jones, main character in the Australian animated musical children's television series ''[[Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers]]''
*Elvis Riboldi, the main protagonist in the Spanish graphic novel series and the French-Spanish animated children's television series ''I, Elvis Riboldi''


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 07:52, 4 January 2025

Elvis
GenderMasculine
Name day12 September[1]
Other gender
FeminineElvisa
Origin
Word/nameCeltic
MeaningAll wise[2]
Other names
Related namesEilfyw, Eilfw, Ailbe, Ailbhe, Alby, Albeus, Alibeus, Elwen, Elvan
Look up Elvis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Elvis is a male given name that first appears as that of a Saint Elvis, a figure said to be active in medieval Wales. While the name features in early Medieval Welsh literature and is of Celtic origin, it is uncertain if the name was originally Irish (Gaelic) or Welsh (Brythonic).

The name has also become predominantly associated in contemporary culture since the mid-twentieth century with the American singer Elvis Presley.

"ELVIS" in lights at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘖𝘩𝘪𝘰, Commemorating the musician Elvis Presley

Usage

[edit]

The name most commonly refers to American singer and actor Elvis Presley (1935–1977). Earlier bearers of the name include American government official and college administrator Elvis Jacob Stahr Jr. (1916–1998, born the same year as Elvis Presley's father, Vernon Elvis Presley).[3] In most cases, however, it refers to people who have the name as a tribute to Elvis Presley. People in this latter group includes those who changed their names themselves (with British-born singer and songwriter Elvis Costello being an example), and those who were named Elvis by their parents.[citation needed]

In the Balkans, Elvis is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations. It is also popular among Albanians. The name's popularity is likely due to its similarity to other popular names shared by these groups, such as Elvir and Elvin. This region also has a female equivalent to the name: Elvisa.

Saint Elvis

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The saint's name is given as Eilfyw in Welsh, Ailbe in Irish, and Elvis in later English translations. Writing in the late 11th century Buchedd Dewi ("Life of David"), Rhigyfarch states that a Saint Elvis baptised Saint David at Porthclais.[4][5] Welsh traditions suggest that Elvis spent much of his life in this area, as he is said to have fostered the young St David[6] while serving as bishop of Menevia (present-day St Davids). There remains a number of places associated with the saint that bear the name "Elvis" in the St Davids area, including a burial chamber, a shrine, the Parish of St Elvis, St Elvis farm[7] and St Elvis's Well.[6]

If the saint's name is of a Welsh origin, the Irish version Ailbe may be a gaelicisation of an Ancient British name ancestral to modern Welsh Eilfyw or Eilfw.[8] Alternatively, the name may be related or identical to the Brythonic names Elwen, Eluan and Elvan, the names of a number of several attested saints venerated in early medieval Wales, Cornwall and Brittany. Or even from the surname Elwes.[9] If the name is of Welsh origin, it may derive from the Old Welsh elfydd ("world" or "land"), ultimately from the common Celtic root albi(i̭)o- ("world")[10]

A folk etymology is suggested for a Gaelic origin of the name in the 14th-century Vita Albei, deriving it from ail ("a rock") and beo ("living").[11] A sporadic association of the saint's name with rocks has been observed, as in the Lia Ailbe ("stone of Ailbe") on the Magh Ailbe (plain of Ailbe), in Sliabh Ailbe "Mount Ailbe" in Duanaire Finn,[12] and maybe in Inbher Ailbhine mentioned in Tirechan's Vita Patricii.[13] Other possibilities involve derivation from the root albh- "white", which is found in the names of a number of Celtic deities (including a possible Albius recorded in a single inscription from Aignay-le Duc).[14]

Other proposed etymologies

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In medieval French sources, the unrelated homograph Elvis occurs as a feminine name, a variant of Helvis, Aluysa, Alaisa, from a Germanic name such as Alwis.[15]

The name may also be derived from the Scandinavian Old Norse word Alviss which in Norse mythology means all-wise.[16]

People with the name

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Musicians

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  • Elvis Presley (1935–1977), American singer and actor, known simply as Elvis, also known as "The King of Rock and Roll"
  • Elvis Costello (born 1954), the stage name of Declan Patrick MacManus, English singer
  • Elvis J. Kurtović (born 1962), the stage name of Mirko Srdić, Bosnian rock and roll musician
  • Elvis Perkins (born 1976), American singer and songwriter
  • Elvis Blue (born 1979), the stage name of South African Idol's season 6 winner Jan Hoogendyk
  • Elvis Hitler, the stage name of Jim Leedy, an American singer and the frontman of the band Elvis Hitler
  • Elvis Crespo (born 1971), Puerto Rican Merengue singer
  • Elvis Martínez (singer) (born 1976), Dominican singer, songwriter, and guitarist
  • Elvis Williams (born 1981), better known as Blac Elvis, American record producer, musician, and songwriter
  • Elvis Francois (born 1985), American orthopedic surgeon and singer
  • Elvis Maswanganyi (born c. 1985), South African DJ, better known as DJ Mujava

Athletes (association football)

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Athletes (other sports)

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Other

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Fictional characters

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References

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  1. ^ historically also 13 September and 27 February, "Saint Elvis" in Terry Breverton's Wales: A Historical Companion, pp. 164 f. Amberley Publishing (Stroud), 2009.
  2. ^ https://babynames.com/name/elvis
  3. ^ "Elvis Presley roots in Scotland". Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  4. ^ Wade-Evans, A.W. (1913) Rhigyfarch's Life of Saint David, ed. and trans., University of Wales Press, and (1944) Vitae Sanctorum Britanniae, ed. and trans, Cardiff, UWP. (pp. 150-172, 364-387 in new edition, ed. Scott Lloyd, Welsh Academic Press Cardiff, 2013); Sharpe, Richard and Davies, John Reuben, ed. (2007) "Vita S. David" in Evans, J Wyn and Wooding, Jonathan M, ed. "St David of Wales, Cult, Church and Nation", Boydell Press, Woodbridge
  5. ^ BBC. "Saint David".
  6. ^ a b "Saint Elvis" in Terry Breverton's Wales: A Historical Companion, pp. 164 f. Amberley Publishing (Stroud), 2009.
  7. ^ St Elvis farm Solva Pembroke SA62 (Map). Google maps. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
  8. ^ Plummer, Charles (1968) [1910]. Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae [Lives of the Saints of Ireland] (2nd ed.). Oxford: Clarendon. p. 46 ff., vol. 1.
  9. ^ Patrick Hanks; Richard Coates; Peter McClure (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 835. ISBN 978-0199677764.
  10. ^ In fact this root has been argued to be related to the root albho- 'white, bright', see Meid, Wolfgang (1990) "Über Albion, elfydd, Albiorix, und andere Indikatoren eine keltischen Weltbildes" in M.J. Ball, J, Fife, E, Poppe and J.Rowland, ed. Celtic Linguistics: Readings in the Brythonic Languages, Festschrift for T. Arwyn Watkins, Amsterdam/ Philadelphia.
  11. ^ Baring-Gould and Fisher (1907), "The Lives of the British Saints" Vol I, p. 130 [1]
  12. ^ II, 95, xlii in MacNeill, Eoin and Murphy, Gerard (1908-54) Duanaire Finn, 3 vols, Irish Texts Society 7, 28, 43.
  13. ^ Watson, W.J. (1926) "The Celtic Place Names of Scotland", Edinburgh/London, p. 469, note 1.
  14. ^ Lajoye, Patrice & Crombet, Pierre, (2016) "Encyclopédie de l'Arbre Celtique" s.v Albius, retrieved 25 August 2016. [2] ; Beck op.cit: 4, III, B, 1) c)
  15. ^ Mémoires de la Société bourguignonne de géographie et d'histoire 5 (1887), p. 481; Elvis d'Epoisses (died c. 1252), wife of André de Montbard.
  16. ^ https://babynames.com/name/elvis
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