Harvey

  • [ HAHR-vee ]
  • English
From the Breton given name Haerviu, which meant "battle worthy", from haer "battle" and viu "worthy". This was the name of a 6th-century Breton hermit who is the patron saint of the blind. Settlers from Brittany introduced it to England after the Norman conquest. During the later Middle Ages it became rare, but it was revived in the 19th century.

EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT CELTIC: Haerviu
ENGLISH: Harvie, Hervey
FRENCH: Hervé
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Harve