At a Glance: Name: Mavis – Meaning: song thrush, a poetic word for the bird – Origin: English (coinage, underlying word traces to Old French) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: MAY-vis
Mavis is an English (coinage, underlying word traces to Old French) girl's name meaning “song thrush, a poetic word for the bird”. It appears in 5 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Mavis
Meaning: Song thrush, a poetic word for the bird.
Origin: English (coinage, underlying word traces to Old French).
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Mavis
Phonetic: MAY-vis IPA: /ˈmeɪvɪs/
Popularity of Mavis
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1893–2024.
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