Elvis - the given name

[DrCube]

There was an old custodian at my high school named “Elmis”, with an M. He was older than Elvis Presley, even though Elvis was dead 20 years by then.

[Maggie_the_Ocelot]

@Jackmannii

Elvis is the Anglicized version of “Ailbe”, the name of an Irish saint.

And another variation of it is “Albus” - as in Dumbledore.

The more you know…

[Kamino_Neko]

@Wallaby

Don’t think Judas did much for his name’s popularity…

Judas certainly isn’t common, but some other variants - Jude and Judah, specifically - are fairly common.

[somepumpkin]

@Jackmannii

*"“Elvis” is not Latin and never has been, so the faux-Latin “Elvi” is not justified. And if Elvis was Latin, this would be a 3rd-declension i-stem so the plural would be “Elves” (pronounced as two syllables).

Elvis is the Anglicized version of “Ailbe”, the name of an Irish saint. So you should form the plural according to normal English rules, e.g., “Elvises”."*

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-proper-plural-form-of-Elvis

*After all the crap I’ve taken over “No problemo”, I deserve a chance to be a pissant too.

Sure. But isn’t El Vez of latin origin?

[glowacks]

@SpoilerVirgin

Doesn’t even have to be a real person. The name Madison for a girl, almost unknown before 1985, rose after the 1984 movie Splash to be the second most popular girl’s name in the U.S.

The stupidest part of this is that “Madison” derives from “Matt’s son”, but because of that movie is pretty much always a girl’s name. (Alison, by the way, is from a French diminutive of Alice, not Al’s son)

[Nava]

@Kamino_Neko

Judas certainly isn’t common, but some other variants - Jude and Judah, specifically - are fairly common.

And any Christian Thaddeus has also been baptized after a Judas.