Jarvis may refer to:

People

Jarvis (name) Jarvis is a given name and English surname that derives from the personal name Gervase, the element ''geri'' meaning "spear". Other spellings of the name include Jervis, Jervoise, and Gervis. Surname * Adrian Jarvis, rugby fly-half * Affie Jarv ...

, both as a surname and given name *

Järvis Järvis is an Estonian language surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ene Järvis (born 1947), actress *Piret Järvis (born 1984), singer, guitarist, and songwriter See also

*Jarvis (name) {{DEFAULTSORT:Jarvis Estonian-lang ...

, an Estonian surname

Places

* 3353 Jarvis, an asteroid named after Gregory Jarvis * Jarvis, Missouri, a community in the United States *

Jarvis, Ontario Jarvis is a small community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. This community is located near the towns of Simcoe, Townsend, Cayuga, Port Dover and Hagersville. Highway 3 and Highway 6 form a crossroads near the centre of the community. ...

, Canada, a small town near Lake Erie in Haldimand County *

Jarvis Creek Jarvis Creek is a stream in Rice County, Kansas, in the United States. According to tradition, Jarvis Creek was named for a man who was robbed and murdered near the creek by his travel companions in 1846. See also *List of rivers of Kansas This ...

, a river in Rice County, Kansas, United States *

Jarvis Island Jarvis Island (; formerly known as Bunker Island or Bunker's Shoal) is an uninhabited coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands. It is an unincorporated, unorganized territory of the Uni ...

, a territory of the United States located in the South Pacific

Facilities and structures

Jarvis Collegiate Institute Jarvis Collegiate Institute is a high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is named after Jarvis Street where it is located. It is a part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). Prior to 1998, it was within the Toronto Board of Education ...

, a high school located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada * The Jarvis, an apartment building on the National Register of Historic Places in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States * Jarvis (CTA), a rapid transit station in Chicago, Illinois

Brands and enterprises

Jarvis of Wimbledon Jarvis & Sons Limited were South London-based motor dealers for Morris and MG, and latterly coachworks providing special bodies for various car chassis until after World War II. Operations Like many similar UK motor dealers and coachworks, ...

(Jarvis & Sons Ltd), London bicycle manufacturers and coachbuilders in the early- to mid-20th century *

Jarvis plc Jarvis may refer to: People * Jarvis (name), both as a surname and given name * Järvis, an Estonian surname Places * 3353 Jarvis, an asteroid named after Gregory Jarvis * Jarvis, Missouri, a community in the United States * Jarvis, Ontario, C ...

, United Kingdom public sector contractor

Fictional characters

* Jarvis, a character in the ''Tron'' franchise * Cookie Jarvis, former cartoon mascot of

Cookie Crisp Cookie Crisp is a breakfast cereal that is manufactured to look like chocolate chip cookies. It is produced by General Mills in the United States and Cereal Partners in other countries. Introduced in 1977, it was originally produced by Ralsto ...

cereal *

Edwin Jarvis Edwin Jarvis is a supporting character in the Marvel Comics titles ''Iron Man'' and '' The Avengers''. He is the loyal household butler of the Stark family. Since the 1990s, the character has appeared heavily in media adaptations of ''Iron Man'' a ...

, fictional Marvel Comics butler ** J.A.R.V.I.S., the AI personality inspired by that character *

Tommy Jarvis Tommy Jarvis is a fictional character in the ''Friday the 13th'' franchise. He first appears in '' Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter'' (1984) as a child interested in special effects who encounters a seemingly unstoppable slasher— Jason Voorhe ...

, a character from the ''Friday the 13th'' franchise *

Jarvis Lorry Jarvis Lorry is a character in Charles Dickens' 1859 novel, '' A Tale of Two Cities''. Overview Jarvis Lorry is one of the oldest employees of Tellson's Bank, and he frequently deals with the bank's offices in London and Paris. He is a confi ...

, a character in the novel ''A Tale of Two Cities'' * Jarvis Montgomery a character portrayed by Rob Newman in the comedy series ''Newman and Baddiel in Pieces''

Vehicles

* , a series of three ships with the name *

Jarvis (rocket) Jarvis was a proposed American medium-lift launch vehicle for space launch, designed by Hughes Aircraft and Boeing during the mid-1980s as part of the joint United States Air Force (USAF)/National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Adva ...

, a launch vehicle named after Gregory Jarvis *

Project Jarvis Blue Origin, LLC is an American private spaceflight, privately funded aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company headquartered in Kent, Washington. Founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, the founder and executive chairman of Am ...

, a Blue Origin project to develop a fully-reusable second stage rocket * , a ''Hamilton''-class cutter

Other uses

* ''Jarvis'' (album), debut solo album by Jarvis Cocker *Jarvis algorithm, also known as the

gift wrapping algorithm In computational geometry, the gift wrapping algorithm is an algorithm for computing the convex hull of a given set of points. Planar case In the two-dimensional case the algorithm is also known as Jarvis march, after R. A. Jarvis, who publish ...