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View Name: Mavis


MAVIS
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: MAY-vis   [key]
Meaning & History
From the name of the type of bird, also called the song thrush, ultimately derived from Old French. It was first used as a given name by the British author Marie Corelli, who used it for a character in her novel 'The Sorrows of Satan' (1895).
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