Tevis

A unisex name of Hebrew origin, meaning gazelle; a form of Tabitha.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Tevis by the numbers

Tevis was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 22 babies in 1977, making it a 1970s name.

Other names that come from Tabitha

Like Tevis, each of these traces back to Tabitha: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Tabathagazelle; a form of Tabitha18 in the US (2017)
  • Tabitagazelle; a form of Tabitha6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tabihagazelle; a form of Tabitha4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tabethagazelle; a form of Tabitha

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tevis. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Tavisa form of Tavistock or Tavish9 in the US (2017)
  • Trevisthree forks; a form of Travis6 in the US (2017)
  • Terris7 in the US (2017)
  • Tevyn7 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a deer

Like Tevis, each of these has a deer in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Oscardeer lover; God's spear2,798 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Devindescendant of Damhán; fawn-like1,132 in the US (2017)
  • Devynfawn-like; a modern respelling of Devin313 in the US (2017)
  • Tabithagazelle143 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Raleighdeer meadow or clearing235 in the US (2017)
  • Rayleighdeer meadow or clearing; a respelling of Raleigh187 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Tevis

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