Harvey (name)

Harvey
Family name

The Battle of Hastings as depicted by the Bayeux Tapestry
Meaning Battle worthy
Region of origin England
Related names Harvey, Hervey, Hervie, Harvie

Harvey is an English family and given name derived from the Breton name Huiarnuiu, derived from an Old Breton first name Huiarnviu, derived from the elements hoiarn, huiarn (Breton houarn) meaning "iron" and 'viu' (Breton bev) meaning "blazing".[1] It is related to Old Welsh Haarnbiu.[2]

Harvey emerged as a family name in the English county of Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.

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References

  1. Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise : une approche linguistique du vieux celtique continental, éditions errance 2003, p. 192.
  2. Delamarre 192
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