Chavis
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Chavis by the numbers
Chavis was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 41 babies in 1980, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Chavis
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Chavis. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Charisgrace, kindness29 in England and Wales (2025)
- Chrisbearer of Christ; short form of Christopher459 in the US (2017)
- Chaimlife323 in the US (2017)
- Chaisechair, seat28 in the US (2017)
- Cavinhandsome or cavern; a form of Cavin or Calvin17 in the US (2017)
- Clovisfamous warrior; from hlod andwig11 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Chavis
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