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

==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>

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==
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>

The name may also be derived from the Scandinavian [[Old Norse]] word [[Alviss]] which in [[Norse mythology]] means “all-wise”.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}


==Usage==
==Usage==
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</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 took the name 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}}
</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>

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==
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>

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==
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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

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

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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

[edit]

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