The baby name Alvis is a Boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced AL-vis.
The baby name Alvis is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced AL-vis.
Alvis is in Origin.
Alvis is an Anglicized spelling of Old Norse Alvíss, the earliest securely attested form in the eddic poem Alvíssmál, preserved in the thirteenth-century Codex Regius. The name is a transparent compound: allr all, with neuter alt in compounds, plus víss wise, knowing. Its literal sense is all-wise or knowing all things.
In the myth, Alvíss is a dwarf who seeks Þrúðr, Thor’s daughter; Thor delays him with questions about cosmic vocabulary until sunrise turns him to stone. As a given name, Alvis is uncommon in English, though it appears in the United States at low levels in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and has some Latvian use, as in theatre director Alvis Hermanis. Spellings such as Alviss or accented Alvíss keep closer to the Old Norse form.
| Alvis Hermanis Alvis Hermanis is best known as a Latvian theatre director, and he has also worked as a set designer and actor. Since 1997, he has been the artistic director of the New Riga Theatre (Jaunais Rīgas teātris). |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 0 | #76 | 1 | 2,372 | |
| JP | 0 | #77 | 1 | 4,057 | |
| LT | 0 | #88 | 1 | 949 | |
| TW | 0 | #103 | 1 | 4,523 | |
| PA | 0 | #132 | 7 | 3,797 | |
| ID | Boys | 0 | #134 | 2 | 4,130 |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #139 | 1 | 6,332 |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #148 | 4 | 2,166 |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #153 | 2 | 4,685 |
| CR | 0 | #165 | 1 | 5,526 | |
| Sweden | Boys | 2017 | #187 | 4 | 1,544 |
| DK | 0 | #206 | 1 | 5,198 | |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #211 | 1 | 3,402 |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #227 | 8 | 5,842 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #230 | 12 | 7,111 |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #252 | 2 | 6,830 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 285 | 9,305 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #273 | 1 | 6,912 |
| SG | 0 | #275 | 8 | 11,010 | |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #292 | 2 | 6,876 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #296 | 8 | 5,122 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #309 | 11 | 9,639 |
| MY | 0 | #316 | 15 | 12,352 | |
| PE | 0 | #329 | 1 | 6,350 | |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #332 | 1 | 7,401 |
| HK | 0 | #338 | 11 | 8,483 | |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #361 | 1 | 8,138 |
| BO | 0 | #407 | 2 | 6,868 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #407 | 2 | 11,440 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #412 | 2 | 5,922 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #426 | 102 | 12,905 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #472 | 16 | 10,188 |
| ZA | 0 | #473 | 2 | 14,421 | |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #482 | 2 | 7,628 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #493 | 7 | 7,625 |
| CO | 0 | #506 | 5 | 7,768 | |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #510 | 9 | 9,861 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #522 | 2 | 11,913 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #524 | 3 | 12,621 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #536 | 1 | 6,731 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #540 | 2 | 7,500 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #571 | 22 | 9,244 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #572 | 2 | 11,342 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #574 | 2 | 12,054 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #600 | 6 | 10,045 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #612 | 86 | 17,960 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #646 | 5 | 16,104 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #649 | 3 | 9,488 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #693 | 8 | 13,390 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #767 | 155 | 15,656 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #784 | 2 | 12,213 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #803 | 4 | 18,755 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #845 | 34 | 14,506 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #880 | 13 | 7,044 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #912 | 7 | 17,948 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #922 | 191 | 25,439 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #924 | 2 | 15,035 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #972 | 11 | 16,355 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #999 | 3 | 16,906 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,007 | 4 | 14,861 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,013 | 2 | 25,931 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,031 | 48 | 16,140 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,032 | 8 | 16,750 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,064 | 9 | 24,821 |
| MA | 0 | #1,118 | 11 | 20,986 | |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,140 | 4 | 22,615 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,145 | 34 | 25,619 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,165 | 19 | 17,781 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,226 | 9 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,253 | 2 | 19,440 | |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,449 | 23 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,688 | 4 | 28,008 |
Alvis is popular in 54 countries — most recent births per country:
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