Elvis

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Elvis is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name245K records spelled Elvis23 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Èlvis, Ęlvįş, Ēlvis, Ęlvįs, Elvïs

• French given name26K records spelled Elvis12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Élvis, Ęlvįs, Ęĺvîš, Ëlvîs, Ëlvïš

• Croatian given name18K records spelled Elvis37 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Russia, Ukraine, United States

  Languages: Croatian, Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Эльвис, Ельвіс, Элвис, Елвис, Елвіс

• Albanian given name9.1K records spelled Elvis6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, United States, Italy, United Kingdom

  Also written ELvîs, Elvìs, Élvìs, Èlvìs, Èlvís

• a separate given name6.5K records spelled Elvis2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, India, United Kingdom

  Also written Élvis

69 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Elvis is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, männl. Vom. angloamerikanischen Ur­ sprungs, dessen Herkunft und Bedeutung unklar sind. Der Name wurde in Deutschland durch den amerikanischen Rocksänger und

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• [Ignoto]

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

• In Cebuano, Elvis Presley

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, Vīrieša vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 135 years between 1881–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Elvis Aaron Presleyb. 1935USAmerican singer and actor (1935–1977)
• Elvis Costellob. 1954GBEnglish singer-songwriter (born 1954)
• Elvis Mitchellb. 1958USAmerican film critic
• Elvis Tsuib. 1961CNChinese actor
• Elvis Nolascob. 1968USAmerican actor
• Elvis Stojkob. 1972CACanadian figure skater
• Elvis Perkinsb. 1976USAmerican musician
• Roméo Elvisb. 1992BEBelgian rapper
• Elvis Manub. 1993NLDutch association football player
• Elvis Rexhbeçajb. 1997DEGerman footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 900 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Elvis?

We estimate roughly 71 thousand people bear Elvis (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Elvis have the most bearers?

Elvis is most frequently recorded in Peru, where it is most often spelled elvis.

Where is Elvis most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Elvis is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 1.0 thousand people — even though Peru holds more of our records for it.

How common is Elvis compared with other names?

In Peru, Elvis is the 242nd most common given name of 221,790 given names recorded there.

Is Elvis a male or female name?

Elvis is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Elvis mean?

Recorded meaning: Of obscure derivation, made famous by the American rock singer Elvis Presley (1935-77).