Revvy

See also: revvy

English

Etymology

Perhaps a diminutive of or related to Reva.

Proper noun

Revvy

  1. A male given name.
    • 2003, Mary Abbott, Family Affairs: A History of the Family in 20th Century England, page 47:
      'Revvy' Carter [...] got his nickname from working in the rectory garden. 'Mrs Revvy would yell ... her temper caused by over-work, close-air, bad teeth, and under nourishment'. Every night Revvy would say 'Up over the timber hill into blanket field', to Ernie in his arms. They always slept with the windows closed; Revvy in bed with Ernie,
    • 2006 03, Dorinda Nusum, The Victory: The Sequel to Sins and Sacrifices, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 57:
      "Revvy, I never would have thought that you would be the kind of man who would let your ego get in the way of your serving God."
    • 2020 May 26, Patti Callahan Henry, Losing the Moon, Penguin, →ISBN, page 136:
      Revvy pulled a hunting knife from his back pocket and sliced open the gullet.
  2. A female given name.
    • 1900, United States Census, 1900 - Henry County, Virgina, record concerning the Horse Pasture District, ED 46, Henry, Virginia, household 217, sheet 12B (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJM-36W), entry for Frank J Read and Mary M Read:
      Revvy, Daughter 13 B[lack] F[emale] Sept 1894
    • 1940, United States, Census, 1940 - Adams, Mississippi, record concerning Beat 1, Adams, Mississippi, United States (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYLG-7P6), entry for Revvy Mary Lewis:
      Lewis, Revvy Mary sister in law f[emale] neg[ro] 20 [years old]

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