Purves \p(u)-rves, pur-ves\ as a boy's name is a variant of Purvis (English, French), and the meaning of Purves is "purveyor".
The baby name Purves sounds like Parvez and Purviss. Other similar baby names are Parkes, Arvis, Jervis, Jarvis, Graves, Paris, Parris, Parks, Parviz, Percey, Perce, Perez, Perseus, Reeves, Rives and Servas.