Mavis Mavis is a female given name, derived from a name for the common Old World song thrush . Its first modern usage was in Marie Corelli's 1895 novel The Sorrows of SatanCa' the Yowes ; and in the popular love song "Mary of Argyle", where lyricist Charles Jefferys wrote, "I have heard the mavis singing its love-song to the morn."Mavis had its height of popularity between the 1920s and 1940s. Its usage declined thereafter, and it has been rather unfashionable since the 1960s.Notable people Mavis Adjei , Ghanaian actress Mavis Akoto , Ghanaian sprinter Mavis Amankwah , British-Ghanaian entrepreneur, businesswoman, and diversity ambassador Mavis Batey , MBE , English code-breaker during World War II Mavis Biesanz , Finnish-American writer and sociologist Mavis B. Carroll, American statistician Mavis Cheek , English novelist and feminist Mavis Chirandu , Zimbabwean footballer Mavis Thorpe Clark , AM , Australian novelist and children's writer Mavis Danso , Ghanaian footballer Mavis Doering , Cherokee Nation basketmaker from Oklahoma Mavis Dgajmah , Ghanaian footballer Mavis Ehlert , British-Canadian sculptor Mavis Fan , Taiwanese singer Mavis Freeman , American swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics Mavis Gallant , Canadian writer Mavis Gibson , Zimbabwean lawyer, first black woman judge of the High Court of Zimbabwe, and first woman judge of the High Court of Namibia Mavis Gray née Beckett, Australian field hockey player Mavis Doriel Hay , British author Mavis Hee , Singaporean singer Mavis Hinds , English meteorologist Mavis Hutchinson , first woman to run across the United States Mavis Jones , Australian cricket player Mavis Jukes , American children's author Mavis Kelsey , American internist and one of the founders of the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic Mavis Hawa Koomson , Ghanaian politician and educationist Mavis Le Marquand , Jersey lawn bowler Mavis Leno , American feminist and wife of Jay Leno Mavis Maclean , MBE, FRSA , socio-legal researcher at the University of Oxford and founder of the Oxford Centre for Family Law and Policy Mavis Meadowcroft , Australian lawn bowler Mavis Moyo , Radio Zimbabwe broadcaster and founding member of the Federation of African Media Women Zimbabwe Mavis Mullins , New Zealand businesswoman Mavis Nicholson , Welsh broadcaster Mavis Ogun , Nigerian footballer who played in three FIFA Women's World Cups Mavis Pugh , English actress and comedian Mavis Rivers , Samoan and New Zealand jazz singer Mavis Smitheman , local body councillor for Ardwick, Manchester Mavis Staines , Canadian ballet dancer Mavis Staples , American rhythm and blues singer Mavis Steele MBE, British lawn bowler Mavis Sweeney , Australian hospital pharmacist who was awarded The Evans Medal for Merit in 1968 Mavis Taillieu , Canadian politician Mavis Tate , British Conservative Party politician and feminist born Maybird Hogg Mavis Taylor , Australian humanitarian Mavis Tchibota , Congolese footballer Mavis Villiers , British actress Mavis Wilson , Canadian politicianFictional characters Mavis Anderson, a secondary character in Dallas , best friend to Miss Ellie Ewing Mavis Beacon, the eponymous African-American typing instructor of the Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing software Mavis Bramston, from The Mavis Bramston Show , an Australian television satire Mavis Buckey, an anthropomorphic animal character from the Funny Farm series Mavis Clare, a popular author who resists the temptation of the Devil in The Sorrows of Satan by Marie Corelli Mavis Cruet, an obese young fairy incapable of flight, from the British children's animated series Willo the Wisp Mavis Davis, a pseudonymous singer in the British comedy Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis Mavis DeVere, one version of the actual name of Bubbles DeVere , a character in the BBC comedy series Little Britain Mavis Dracula, a 118-year-old vampire and the daughter of Count Dracula in the Hotel Transylvania movie franchise Mavis Freestone , a singer in the ...in Death series of detective novels Mavis Gary, the main character of Young Adult Mavis Madling , in the situation comedy series Designing Women Mavis McCready, a recurring character in the television series Greenleaf , portrayed by Oprah Winfrey Mavis Ming, title character of Michael Moorcock's The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming , part of his Dancers at the End of Time series Mavis Munro, office manager in the comic book series Supernatural Law Supernatural Law Secretary Mavis Mavis Pike , in the British situation comedy Dad's Army Mavis Rae, main character in the situation comedy Whoopi Mavis Vermillion, founder and first master of the same-named guild in manga and anime Fairy Tail Mavis Wilton , in the British soap opera Coronation Street Dark Mavis, recurring character in English rock band Mansun's debut album Attack of the Grey Lantern Mavis, two fictional characters who first appeared in the DC Comics universe Mavis, from the BBC comedy Open All Hours Mavis, a diesel locomotive character from The Railway Serieschildren's television series Thomas & Friends
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