Harvey (name)

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title: "Harvey (name)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["celtic-given-names", "breton-masculine-given-names", "english-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names", "english-language-surnames", "surnames-derived-from-given-names", "surnames-of-breton-origin", "surnames-of-french-origin", "surnames-of-english-origin", "surnames-of-scottish-origin"] topic_path: "geography/france" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_(name)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
nameHarvey
imageBayeux Tapestry Horses in Battle of Hastings.jpg
captionThe Battle of Hastings as depicted by the Bayeux Tapestry
pronunciation
languageEnglish
languageorigin
meaning'Battle worthy', 'blazing iron'
regionBrittany
petnameHarv
variant formsHervey, Hervie, Harvie, Harry
related namesHervé
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Harvey is an English and Scottish family and given name derived from the Old Breton personal name Huiarnviu (or Aeruiu), derived from the elements hoiarn, huiarn (modern Breton houarn) meaning "iron" and viu (Breton bev) meaning "blazing". An alternative elemental derivation has been theorized in which origination is from haer + vy meaning "battle/carnage worthy". It is related to Old Welsh Haarnbiu. An altogether separate origin in Ireland has been theorized where Harvey is an anglicization of the Gaelic personal name Ó hAirmheadhaigh, which is itself possibly related to the name of a mythical physician, Airmheadh.

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  1. [[Xavier Delamarre]], ''Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise : une approche linguistique du vieux celtique continental'', éditions Errance 2003, p. 192.
  2. Hanks, Patrick. (1988). "Harvey". Oxford University Press.

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