Meaning & Origin
A male given name.
Elvis is a boy's and girl's baby name of Old Norse origin, possibly derived from the Norse name Alvis, meaning 'all-wise' — though the exact etymology is debated. It entered American naming through the Presley family's Scots-Irish heritage.
Elvis Aaron Presley — the King of Rock and Roll — made this name one of the most recognizable in the world. His revolutionary impact on music, culture, and style in the 1950s gave Elvis a mythic quality that makes it simultaneously impossible to separate from its famous bearer and yet strangely fresh on a new generation of children. A name that carries an entire era of American culture.