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]

For other uses, see Herve (disambiguation).

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
PronunciationFrench: [ɛʁ.ve]
GenderMale
Language(s)French, English
Name dayJune 17
Origin
Language(s)Breton
Meaningbright 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

  • Hervé (1825–1892), stage name of French operetta composer, singer, librettist and conductor, born Florimond Ronger[4]

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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