Elvis is a given name. It is an anglicisation of the Irish name of Saint Ailbe. However, Ailbe may itself be a gaelicisation of an Ancient British name such as Eilfyw or Eilfw, and the saint was also a popular figure in medieval Wales, where he was claimed to be of Ancient British descent.
The earlier meaning of Ailbe is uncertain; it may have been understood in the Middle Ages to derive from Irish ail, 'rock', but this is unlikely to have been its historical meaning.
In internet sources, the name is widely claimed to derive from Old English Eall-wīs, meaning "all-wise", but the development of w > v would be irregular and the name is not, in any case, attested in Anglo-Saxon sources; it is possible that this claim is inspired by the existence of the Old Norse mythological name Alvíss. Other alternative etymologies have been proposed for the name, including that it is derived from the surname Elwes, and that it is related to the Welsh name Alwyn.
Most commonly, it refers to American singer 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), but in most cases it refers to those who either took the name themselves, as was the case with the UK/born singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, or were given the name by their parents as a tribute to Presley.
According to a recent study by the UK-based People's Dispensary for Sick Animals, the name Elvis ranks eight in the top ten celebrity names chosen for a pet dog in Britain.
Elvis Abbruscato, (born 1981), Italian footballer
Elvis Andrus (born 1988), Venezuelan baseball player
Elvis Brajković (born 1969), retired Croatian football player
Elvis Dumervil (born 1984), African-American NFL defensive end
Elvis Fatović (born 1971), Croatian water polo player
Elvis Grbac (born 1970), former NFL quarterback
Elvis Hammond (born 1980), Ghanaian footballer playing in Britain
Elvis Marecos (born 1980), Paraguayan footballer
Elvis Martínez (born 1970), Venezuelan football defender
Elvis Peacock (born 1956), former NFL running back
Elvis J. Perrodin (born 1956) American jockey
Élvis Alves Pereira (born 1977), Brazilian footballer
Elvis Scoria (born 1971), Croatian football manager
Elvis Sinosic (born 1971), Australian Mixed Martial Artist and UFC Veteran
Elvis Trujillo (born 1983) American jockey
Elvis Scott (born 1978), hondurean scoccer player
Elvis Stojko (born 1972), former world champion figure skater from Canada
Elvis Vermeulen (born 1979), French rugby player
Elvis Merzļikins (born 1994), Latvian ice hockey player
Elvis Vieira Araújo (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
Elvis Khiangte (born 1990), Indian footballer
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 Maswanganyi, South African DJ, better known as DJ Mujava
Elvis Otieno (a.k.a. "Sir Elvis") Kenyan singer of U.S.-style country music.
Elvis Perkins (born 1976), American singer/songwriter, son of actor Anthony Perkins
Elvis Presley (1935–1977), American singer, also known as ''The King of Rock & Roll'', or simply ''The King''.
Elvis J. Kurtovich (born 1962), the stage name of Mirko Srdić, a Bosnian musician and singer
Elvis Blue (born 1979), stage name of South African Idols' season 6 winner Jan Hoogendyk.
Elvis Gomes, (1963–) Candidate for the Chief Ministry of Goa.
Elvis Schmiedekamp, the former Cal Fed Vice President of Customer Relations
Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr. (1916–1998), former U.S. administrator
Elvis Duran (born 1964), host of Elvis Duran and the Morning Show
Elvis Mitchell (born 1958), American film critic, formerly with the New York Times
Sir George Elvis, a character in the tragic play, Sir Thomas Overbury, by Richard Savage, 1724
Elvis "EJ" DiMera, a character on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
Elvis Cridlington, fireman on the UK children's TV programme Fireman Sam
Elvis Cole, a private detective in books by Robert Crais
