Jervis is a variant of the name Jarvis. It derives from the personal name

Gervase Gervase is a masculine given name which may refer to: Pre-modern era :''Ordered chronologically'' * Gervase of Besançon (died 685), saint and a bishop of Besançon * Gervase of Bazoches (died 1108), Prince of Galilee * Gervase of Blois (died c ...

; the element ''geri'' meaning ''spear''. Other spellings of the name include Jervoise, and Gervis.

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Jervis Burdick Jervis Watson Burdick (born March 8, 1889 - November 11, 1962) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1912 he finished twelfth in the high jump competition. References External linkslist of Americ ...

(1889–1962), American track and field athlete * Jervis Drummond (born 1976), Costa Rican footballer *

Jervis Johnson Jervis Johnson (born 12 June 1959) is an English tabletop game designer. He worked as a designer and manager for Games Workshop for over 38 years, and was the head of its Specialist Games studio. In addition to his work on Warhammer Fantasy Ba ...

, games designer for

Games Workshop Games Workshop Group (often abbreviated as GW) is a British manufacturer of miniature wargames, based in Nottingham, England. Its best-known products are ''Warhammer Age of Sigmar'' and ''Warhammer 40,000''. Founded in 1975 by John Peake (gam ...

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...

Jervis McEntee Jervis McEntee (July 14, 1828 – January 27, 1891) was an American painter of the Hudson River School. He is a somewhat lesser-known figure of the 19th-century American art world, but was the close friend and traveling companion of several of ...

(1828–1891), American painter

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* Billy Jervis (born 1942), English former professional footballer *

Edward Jervis Jervis, 2nd Viscount St Vincent Edward Jervis Jervis, 2nd Viscount St Vincent (1 April 1767 – 25 September 1859) was a Viscount in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Early life Jervis was born Edward Jervis Ricketts, the second son of William Henry Ricketts and Mary Jervis. ...

(1767–1859) *

Jake Jervis Jake Mario Jervis (born 17 September 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Indian Super League club East Bengal. Jervis made his first-team debut for Birmingham City in the FA Cup in January 2010, fi ...

(born 1991), English footballer *

John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (9 January 1735 – 13 March 1823) was an admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Jervis served throughout the latter half of the 18th century and into ...

(1735–1823), admiral in the Royal Navy *

John B. Jervis John Bloomfield Jervis (December 14, 1795 – January 12, 1885) was an American civil engineer. America's leading consulting engineer of the antebellum era (1820–60), Jervis designed and supervised the construction of five of America's earliest ...

(1795–1885), American railroad engineer *

Richie Jervis Richie Jervis (born 12 October 1976) is an English cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails ba ...

(born 1976), English cricketer *

Robert Jervis Robert Jervis (April 30, 1940 – December 9, 2021) was an American political scientist who was the Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University. Jervis was co-editor of the ...

(1940–2021), professor of international affairs at Columbia University *

Simon Swynfen Jervis Simon Swynfen Jervis (born 9 January 1943) is a British museum director and art historian. His first museum post was at what is now known as Leicester Museum and Art Gallery in 1964, later joining the Department of Furniture at the Victoria and A ...

(born 9 January 1943), art historian *

Thomas Jervis (judge) Thomas Jervis (1770–1838) was an English judge, the last Puisne Justice of Chester until the abolition of the office in 1830. He was also Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth. With Mary Ann ''née'' Dixon Old Swinford, Worcestershire, h ...

(1770–1838), English judge *

William Jervis (cricketer, born 1827) William Monk Jervis (25 January 1827 – 25 March 1909) was an English lawyer and cricketer who played for Oxford University, Marylebone Cricket Club and Derbyshire. Jervis was born at St Marylebone, second son of William Jervis Jervis, and ...

(1827–1909), English lawyer and cricketer *

William Jervis (cricketer, born 1839) William Swynfen Jervis (9 November 1839 – 3 April 1920) was an English cricketer active from 1865 to 1874 who played for Lancashire. He was born in Aligarh and died in Southsea. He appeared in two first-class matches, scoring 27 runs with a ...

(1839–1920), English cricketer

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