Hervé

Hervé is a French given name of Breton origin. In English, it is sometimes rendered Harvey or Hervey. It already appears in Latin sources of the eighth century as Charivius. A later Latin form is Herveus. It derives from Old Breton Huiarnviu (cf. Old Welsh Haarnbiu) composed of OB hoiarn > Breton houarn “iron” (Welsh haearn) and OB viu > Breton bev “bright”, “blazing”.[1]

The common Celtic root must be *isarno-biuos or *-ue(s)uos.[2][3] It is widely asserted (though not all linguists would agree) that Old Celtic isarno- gave birth to the Germanic word that led to English iron.

Hervé

Saint Hervé
Pronunciation French: [ɛʁ.ve]
Gender Male
Language(s) French, English
Name day June 17
Origin
Language(s) Breton
Meaning bright iron
Other names
Variant form(s) Harvey, Houarneau, Hoarvian, Hoarnec Houarné, Huaruoé, Houarniaule, Houarniault, Hyvarnion, Mahouarn

The name may refer to:

As a surname, it may refer to:

As a pen name it refers to

References

  1. ↑ Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, éditions errance 2003. p. 192.
  2. ↑ Kenneth H. Jackson, A Historical Phonology Of Breton, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1967 p. 230.
  3. ↑ Léon Fleuriot, Dictionary of Old Breton - Dictionnaire du vieux breton, Historical and Comparative, Toronto 1985. p. 213.
  4. ↑ Gänzl K. Hervé. In: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Macmillan, London and New York, 1997.
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