Jarvis may refer to:

People

Jarvis (name) Jarvis is a given name and English language, English language surname that derives from the personal name Gervase, the element ''geri'' meaning "spear". Other spellings of the name include Jervis, Jervoise, and Gervis. Surname * Adrian Jarvis, r ...

, both as a surname and given name * Järvis, an Estonian surname

Places

* 3353 Jarvis, an asteroid named after Gregory Jarvis * Jarvis, Missouri, a community in the United States * Jarvis, Ontario, Canada, a small town near Lake Erie in Haldimand County * Jarvis Creek, a river in Rice County, Kansas, United States *

Jarvis Island Jarvis Island (; formerly known as Bunker Island or Bunker's Shoal) is an uninhabited coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands. It is an Territories of the United States#Unincorporated u ...

, a territory of the United States located in the South Pacific

Facilities and structures

Jarvis Collegiate Institute Jarvis Collegiate Institute is a high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is named after Jarvis Street where it is located. It is a part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). Prior to 1998, it was within the Toronto Board of Education ...

, a high school located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada * The Jarvis, an apartment building on the National Register of Historic Places in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States *

Jarvis (CTA) Jarvis is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line, located at 1523 W. Jarvis Avenue in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The style of the station is typical for the intermediate Red Line stops between Howard and – a narro ...

, a rapid transit station in Chicago, Illinois

Brands and enterprises

* Jarvis of Wimbledon (Jarvis & Sons Ltd), London bicycle manufacturers and coachbuilders in the early- to mid-20th century *

Jarvis plc Jarvis plc () was a British company that specialised in construction and civil engineering, with a focus on support services to the Rail transport in Great Britain, British railway industry during its latter years of operations. It was establi ...

, United Kingdom public sector contractor

Fictional characters

* Jarvis, a character in the ''Tron'' franchise * Cookie Jarvis, former cartoon mascot of

Cookie Crisp Cookie Crisp is a breakfast cereal that is manufactured to look like chocolate chip cookies. It is produced by General Mills in the United States and Cereal Partners under the Nestlé brand in other countries. Introduced in 1977, it was originall ...

cereal *

Edwin Jarvis Edwin Jarvis is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Jarvis is most often depicted as a supporting character in the titles ''Iron Man'' and '' The Avengers''. He is the loyal household butler of the S ...

, fictional Marvel Comics butler **

J.A.R.V.I.S. J.A.R.V.I.S. ( Just a Rather Very Intelligent System) is a fictional character voiced by Paul Bettany in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film franchise, based on the Marvel Comics characters Edwin Jarvis and H.O.M.E.R., respectively the h ...

, the AI personality inspired by that character *

Tommy Jarvis Tommy Jarvis is a fictional character in the ''Friday the 13th'' franchise. He first appears in '' Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter'' (1984) as a child interested in special effects who encounters a seemingly unstoppable slasher—Jason Voorh ...

, a character from the ''Friday the 13th'' franchise *

Jarvis Lorry Jarvis Lorry is a character in Charles Dickens' 1859 novel, '' A Tale of Two Cities''. Overview Jarvis Lorry is one of the oldest employees of Tellson's Bank, and he frequently deals with the bank's offices in London and Paris. He is a confirm ...

, a character in the novel ''A Tale of Two Cities'' * Jarvis Montgomery a character portrayed by Rob Newman in the comedy series ''Newman and Baddiel in Pieces''

Vehicles

* , a series of three ships with the name *

Jarvis (rocket) Jarvis was a proposed American medium-lift launch vehicle for space launch, designed by Hughes Aircraft and Boeing during the mid-1980s as part of the joint United States Air Force (USAF)/National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Adva ...

, a launch vehicle named after Gregory Jarvis *

Project Jarvis New Glenn is a heavy-lift launch vehicle developed and operated by the American company Blue Origin. The rocket is designed to have a partially reusable, two-stage design with a diameter of . The first stage is powered by seven BE-4 engines, w ...

, a Blue Origin project to develop a fully-reusable second stage rocket * , a ''Hamilton''-class cutter

Other uses

* ''Jarvis'' (album), debut solo album by Jarvis Cocker *Jarvis algorithm, also known as the

gift wrapping algorithm In computational geometry, the gift wrapping algorithm is an algorithm for computing the convex hull of a given set of points. Planar case In the two-dimensional case the algorithm is also known as Jarvis march, after R. A. Jarvis, who publishe ...