Purvis as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Purvis

What is the meaning of the name Purvis ?

The baby name Purvis is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced PUR-vis (IPA: /ˈpɜːrvɪs/; American: /ˈpɝvɪs/).

Purvis is English in Origin.

Purvis is an English and Scottish surname-turned-given name deriving from Anglo-Norman French purveisour, “purveyor,” ultimately from Latin providere “to provide.” In medieval households and monasteries, the purvis or purveyor was the official who procured food and supplies, so the name carries the sense of provider, steward, or quartermaster.

Most common in the Scottish Borders and northern England (often as Purves), it appears in records from the 13th–14th centuries and later spread throughout the English-speaking world. As a first name, Purvis emerged in the 19th century with the fashion for adopting surnames as given names, seeing modest use in Britain and the United States. Notable modern bearers include the American artist Purvis Young and basketball player Purvis Short. Variant spellings include Purves, Purvess, and the American phonetic form Pervis; related forms are Purveyor (occupational) and the archaic Purveisour.

⚙ Purvis is about as rare as a name gets. We count just 9 recorded uses of it worldwide, from 6 countries.