Gervaise
Gervaise is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
- French
Meaning & Origin of Gervaise
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gervaise is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Gervaise
Gervaise first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1911, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1927: 7 births, good for #3,875 nationwide. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 31% of all recorded Gervaises. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1966 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 54 Gervaises have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Gervaise
Gervaise is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1911 and has accumulated 54 births in the dataset. Gervaise's peak popularity came in 1927 when it ranked #3,875. Use the chart and map above to compare Gervaise's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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