Elvis (name)
Elvis is a male given name. It is an anglicisation of the Irish name of Saint Ailbe.[1] However, Ailbe may itself be a gaelicisation of an Ancient British name such as Eilfyw or Eilfw,[2] and the saint was also a popular figure in medieval Wales, where he was claimed to be of Ancient British descent.[3]
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Usage
Most commonly, the name refers to American singer and actor Elvis Presley (1935–1977). It may also be the first name of people who were born before Presley became a household name, as in the case of the former U.S. administrator Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr. (1916–1998, born the same year as Elvis Presley's father, Vernon Elvis Presley).[4] In most cases, however, it refers to people who have the name as a tribute to Elvis Presley. People in this latter group includes those who took the name themselves (with UK-born singer and songwriter Elvis Costello being an example), and those who were named Elvis by their parents.
People with the name
Musicians and radio hosts
- Elvis Blue (born 1979), stage name of South African Idol's season 6 winner Jan Hoogendyk
- Elvis Costello (born 1954), the stage name of Declan Patrick MacManus, an English musician and singer
- Elvis Crespo (born 1971), Puerto Rican Merengue singer
- Elvis Duran (born 1964), host of Elvis Duran and the Morning Show
- Elvis Maswanganyi, South African DJ, better known as DJ Mujava
- Elvis Hitler, the stage name of Jim Leedy, an American singer and frontman of an eponymous band
- Elvis Perkins (born 1976), American singer and songwriter, son of actor Anthony Perkins
- Elvis Presley (1935–1977), American singer and actor, also known as “The King of Rock and Roll”, or simply “The King”
Athletes (association football)
- Elvis Abbruscato, (born 1981), Italian footballer
- Elvis Brajković (born 1969), retired Croatian footballer
- Elvis Hammond (born 1980), Ghanaian footballer playing in Britain
- Elvis Kamsoba (born 1996), Burundian footballer
- Elvis Manu (born 1993), Ghanaian footballer
- Elvis Marecos (born 1980), Paraguayan footballer
- Elvis Martínez (born 1970), Venezuelan football defender
- Elvis Scoria (born 1971), Croatian football manager and former player
- Elvis Scott (born 1978), Hondurean footballer
- Elvis Vieira Araújo (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
- Elvis Mendes (born 1997), Cape Verdean footballer
Athletes (other sports)
- Elvis Álvarez (1965-1995), Colombian boxer
- Elvis Andrus (born 1988), Venezuelan baseball player
- Elvis Dumervil (born 1984), American NFL defensive end
- Elvis Fatović (born 1971), Croatian water polo player
- Elvis Grbac (born 1970), former NFL quarterback
- Elvis Gregory (born 1971), Cuban fencer
- Elvis Merzļikins (born 1994), Latvian ice hockey player
- Elvis Patterson (born 1960) American NFL defensive back
- Elvis Peacock (born 1956), former NFL running back
- Elvis J. Perrodin (born 1956) American jockey
- Elvis Rolle (born 1958), Bahamian basketball player
- Elvis Sinosic (born 1971), Australian Mixed Martial Artist and UFC Veteran
- Elvis Stojko (born 1972), former world champion figure skater from Canada
- Elvis Trujillo (born 1983) American jockey
- Elvis Vermeulen (born 1979), French rugby player
Other
- Elvis Mitchell (born 1958), American film critic, formerly with The New York Times
- Elvis Schmiedekamp, the former Cal Fed Vice President of Customer Relations
- Elvis Jacob Stahr Jr. (1916–1998), former U.S. administrator
Fictional characters
- Elvis Cridlington, a firefighter in Fireman Sam
- Elvis "EJ" DiMera, a character on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
- Elvis, a character in Perfect Dark
- Elvis, a character in God Hand
- Elvis, a host of The Dog House
- Elvis, a fictional alligator in Miami Vice
- Elvis, a guide dog in Growing Up Fisher
- Elvis Cole, private investigator and protagonist of the Robert Crais series of crime novels
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References
- Iseabail Macleod and Terry Freedman, The Wordsworth Dictionary of First Names: A Concise and Useful Guide to the Origins and Meanings of Over 2000 Names (Ware: Wordsworth, 1995), p. 68; Leslie Dunkling and William Gosling, Everyman's Dictionary of First Names, 3rd edn (London: Dent, 1991), pp. 82-83.
- Plummer, Charles (1968) [1910]. Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae [Lives of the Saints of Ireland] (2nd ed.). Oxford: Clarendon. p. 46 ff., vol. 1.
- "Saint Elvis" in Terry Breverton's Wales: A Historical Companion, pp. 164 f. Amberley Publishing (Stroud), 2009.
- "Elvis Presley roots in Scotland". Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
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