Mavis

MAY-vihs

French

"songbird"

Mavis Origin and Meaning

Variation of Mab

Mavis Rank in US Top 1000

# 566 in the US

Mavis Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 295 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Mavis

• 566 US 2024
• 295 Nameberry 2025
• 455 Future 2028
• 617 England 2024

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Famous People Named Mavis

• Mavis Staples American singer and civil rights activist
• Mavis Leslie de Trafford Gallant Canadian fiction writer
• Mavis Fan Taiwanese pop singer
• Mavis Hee (born Xu Meifeng) Singaporean pop singer
• Mavis Clare Villiers Australian,British actress
• Mavis Cheek English novelist
• Mavis Anne Freeman American Olympic swimmer
• Mavis Elizabeth Nicholson Leno American philanthropist; wife of comedian Jay Leno
• Mavis Gladys Fox Pugh English actress
• Mavis Constance Tate (born Maybird Hogg) English politician
• Mavis Jukes American children's author
• Mavis Wilson Canadian politician
• Mavis Nicholson English television presenter

The name Mavis in Pop Culture

• Mavis Dracula a character in the movie "Hotel Transylvania"
• "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing " series of computer programs
• Mavis Clare character in "The Sorrows of Satan" by Marie Corelli, bestselling book that first popularized the name
• Mavis Vermillion character in the anime "Fairy Tail"
• Mavis Gary main character in movie "Young Adult "
• Mrs. Mavis Pike character in British TV's "Dad's Army"
• Mavis Wilton character in British soap "Coronation Street"
• Mavis Bennett character in New Zealand soap "Shortland Street"
• Mavis sea turtle from the 2014 film "Dolphin Tale 2"
• Mavis 'Mave' Carter character on TV's "Call the Midwife," twin sister Meg Carter
• Dark Mavis recurring character in English rock band Mansun's album "Attack of the Grey Lantern"
• Mavis Trent character in Hawkman comics
• Mavis character on British TV series "Open All Hours"
• Mavis character in the Thomas & Friends series
• Mavis Anderson character on TV's "Dallas"
• "The Mavis Bramston Show " Australian TV series
• Mavis Buckey character in the Funny Farm webcomic
• Mavis Cruet fairy character in British series "Willo the Wisp"
• "Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis " 1997 film
• Mavis "Bubbles" DeVere character on British comedy "Little Britain"
• Mavis Freestone character in the " ...in Death" series by J.D. Robb
• Mavis Madling character on TV's "Designing Women"
• "The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming " novel by Michael Moorcock
• Mavis Munro character in comics series "Supernatural Law"
• Mavis Neff character on TV's "The Andy Griffith Show"
• Mavis Newkirk character on TV's "Hogan's Heroes"
• Mavis Rae main character on TV's "Whoopi"
• Mavis Wartella Depew, character in video game "Rockett's New School"