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Elvis (name)

Elvis is a male given name. It is an anglicisation of the Irish name of Saint Ailbe (d. 528). The saint was also a popular figure in medieval Wales, where he was claimed to be of British origin, in which case the Irish name Ailbe might be gaelicisation of an Ancient British name ancestral to modern Welsh Eilfyw or Eilfw.

Etymology

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". 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. and maybe in Inbher Ailbhine mentioned in Tirechan's Vita Patricii. 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), or alternively from Insular Celtic albi(i̭)o- "world" (Welsh elfydd "world, land", or alternatively from the surname Elwes.

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, Elvan, the name of a poorly attested saint or saints venerated in early medieval Cornwall and Brittany.

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.

Usage

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). 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 UK-born singer and songwriter Elvis Costello being an example), and those who were named Elvis by their parents.

People with the name

Musicians

Elvis Presley (1935–1977), American singer and actor, known simply as Elvis, also known as “The King of Rock and Roll”, or simply “The King”
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)

Elvis Franks (born 1957), American football player
Elvis Patterson (born 1960) American football player
Elvis Brajković (born 1969), Croatian footballer
Elvis Scoria (born 1971), Croatian football manager and former player
Elvis Toci (born 1971), Albanian sport manager
Elvis Thomas (soccer, born 1972), Canadian soccer player
Elvis Hajradinović (born 1972), Macedonian-Bosnian footballer
Elvis Mešić (born 1977), Bosnian footballer
Elvis Scott (born 1978), Honduran footballer
Elvis Seveali'i (born 1978), Samoan rugby union footballer
Elvis Sina (born 1978), Albanian footballer
Elvis Plori (born 1978), Albanian footballer and coach
Elvis Kotorri (born 1979), Albanian footballer
Elvis Hammond (born 1980), Ghanaian footballer
Elvis Abbruscato, (born 1981), Italian footballer
Elvis Dumervil (born 1984), American football player
Elvis Andrus (born 1988), Venezuelan baseball player
Elvis Pinel (born 1988), Nicaraguan footballer
Elvis Kokalović (born 1988), Croatian footballer
Elvis Fisher (born 1988), American football player
Elvis Sarić (born 1990), Bosnian footballer
Elvis Džafić (born 1990), Slovenian footballer
Elvis Bratanović (born 1992), Slovenian footballer
Elvis Manu (born 1993), Ghanaian footballer
Elvis Prençi (born 1993), Albanian footballer
Elvis Stuglis (born 1993), Latvian footballer
Elvis Thomas (footballer, born 1994), Antiguan footballer
Elvis Kabashi (born 1994), Albanian footballer

Athletes (other sports)

Elvis Merzļikins (born 1994), Latvian ice hockey player
Elvis Grbac (born 1970), American football player
Elvis Perrodin (1956–2012) American jockey
Elvis Gordon (1958–2011), Jamaican-born English judoka
Elvis Rolle (born 1958), Bahamian basketball player
Elvis Forde (born 1959), Barbadian sprinter
Elvis Fatović (born 1971), Croatian water polo player
Elvis Gregory (born 1971), Cuban fencer
Elvis Reifer (1961–2011), Barbadian cricketer
Elvis Dominguez (born 1963), American baseball player and coach
Elvis Álvarez (1965–1995), Colombian boxer
Elvis Yero (1965–2001), Cuban-American boxer
Elvis Stojko (born 1972), Canadian figure skater
Elvis Sinosic (born 1971), Australian mixed martial artist
Elvis Peña (born 1974), Dominican baseball player
Elvis Mihailenko (born 1976), Latvian boxer
Elvis Vermeulen (born 1979), French rugby player
Elvis Contreras (born 1979), Dominican volleyball player
Elvis Trujillo (born 1983) American jockey
Elvis Mutapčić (born 1986), Bosnian-American mixed martial artist
Elvis Burrows (born 1989), Bahamian swimmer
Elvis Gashi (born 1992), American kickboxer
Elvis Cedeño (born 1964), Venezuelan hurdler

Other

Elvis Jacob Stahr Jr. (1916–1998), American administrator and government official
Elvis Ngolle Ngolle (born 1953), Cameroonian politician and a professor
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 Tsui (born 1961), the stage name of Xu Jinjiang, Hong Kong actor
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 Afriyie Ankrah (born 1967), Ghanaian politician
Elvis Nolasco (born 1968), American actor
Elvis Nkandu (born 1971), Zambian politician
Elvis Sekyanzi (born 1975), Ugandan businessman
Elvis Naçi (born 1977), Albanian imam and theologian
Elvis González Valencia (born 1979 or 1980), Mexican suspected drug lord
Elvis Morris Donkoh (born 1983), Ghanaian politician
Elvis Agyemang (born 1988), Ghanaian televangelist and author
Elvis Han (born 1992), the stage name of Han Dongjun, Chinese actor
Elvis Siwela, South African politician
Elvis Loveless, Canadian politician

Fictional characters

Elvis, a pet alligator in Miami Vice
Elvis Cole, private investigator and protagonist of the Robert Crais series of crime novels
Elvis Cridlington, a firefighter in Fireman Sam
Elvis "EJ" DiMera, a character on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
Elvis Gratton, a character in the short films, films, and television series of Pierre Falardeau
Elvis, a character in Perfect Dark
Elvis, a character in God Hand
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
Elvis Riboldi, the main protagonist in the Spanish graphic novel series and the French-Spanish animated children's television series I, Elvis Riboldi

References

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