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Region of origin

Europe

Country of origin

France

Language of origin

French

Religion of origin

Unknown

Classification

Unknown


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The Gervais surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

GERVAIS. The French form of the personal name Gervasius, which we have corrupted to Jarvis. The family of Gervais of Cecil, CO. Tyrone, descend from Jean G. of Tournon in Guienne, whose two sons, at the Rev. of the Edict of Nantes, fled into England.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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