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Gervaise

OriginFrench
Meaning"skilled with a spear"

About Gervaise

Unusual saint's name rarely heard outside Roman Catholic rectories until it made an appearance on a reality-TV show; has an attractive French feel. Gervase is a common spelling variation.

Pronounced GER-vaze.

Editor: Pamela Redmond

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  • Gervaise Cooke

    British naval secretary

  • Gervaise of Bazoches

    Prince of Galilee and Lord of Tiberias

  • Francois Armand Gervaise

    French Carmelite historian

Gervaise in pop culture

  • "Gervaise Macquart

    " opera by Giselher Klebe

  • Gervaise Tresham

    character in G. A. Henty's, A Knight of the White Cross

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