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.
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| 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 |
| Related names | Herbot |
The name may refer to:
- Saint Hervé, 6th-century Breton saint
- Saint-Hervé, French commune
- Saint-M'Hervé, French commune
- Charivius, Duke of Maine (fl. 723)
- Hervé (Norman) (fl. 1050s), Byzantine general of Norman extraction
- Hervey le Breton (died 1131), Bishop of Bangor and later Bishop of Ely
- Hervé IV of Donzy (1173–1223), French nobleman
- Harvey I of Léon, Breton viscount
- Hervé (1825–1892), stage name of French operetta composer, singer, librettist and conductor, born Florimond Ronger
- Hervé (DJ), DJ and producer in the UK
- Hervé Alicarte, French footballer
- Hervé Arsène, French-Malagasy footballer
- Hervé Balland, French cross-country skier
- Hervé Bazin, French writer
- Hervé Biausser, French university director
- Hervé Bochud, Swiss footballer
- Hervé Bohbot, French Scrabble player
- Hervé Bugnet, French footballer
- Hervé Carré, French economist
- Hervé Cuillandre, French writer
- Hervé de Bourg-Dieu (c. 1080–1150), Benedictine monk
- Hervé de Charette, French politician
- Hervé de Luze, French film director
- Hervé Di Rosa, French painter
- Hervé Duclos-Lassalle, French cyclist
- Hervé Faye, French astronomer
- Hervé Filion, Canadian harness racer
- Hervey Frederick, Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry
- Hervé Gauthier, French footballer and coach
- Hervé Gaymard, French politician
- Hervé Guibert, French writer
- Hervé Guilleux, French motorcycle racer
- Hervé Guy, Ivorian footballer
- Hervé Kage, Belgian footballer
- Hervé Kambou, Ivorian footballer
- Hervé Lacelles, Canadian boxer
- Hervé Lamizana, Ivory Coast football player
- Hervé Le Bras (born 1943), French demographer, historian and mathematician.
- Hervé Le Tellier, French writer
- Hervé Makuka, Swiss footballer
- Hervé Morin, French politician
- Hervaeus Natalis (1260–1323), French Dominican theologian
- Hervé Ndjana Onana, Cameroonian footballer
- Hervé Novelli, French politician
- Hervé Nzelo-Lembi, Congolese footballer
- Hervé Paillet, French actor
- Hervé Piccirillo, French football referee
- Hervé Renard, French football manager
- Hervé Revelli, French footballer
- Hervé Riel, French fisherman
- Hervé This, French chemist
- Hervé Tum, Cameroonian footballer
- Hervé Vilard (born 1946), French singer
- Hervé Villechaize (1943–1993), actor
- J. Hervé Proulx, Canadian politician
As a surname, it may refer to:
- Antoine Hervé, French composer
- Cédric Hervé, French cyclist
- Edmond Hervé, French politician
- Francis Hervé, French-British artist
- Francisco Hervé, Chilean geologist
- Gustave Hervé, French politician
- Lucien Hervé, French-Hungarian photographer
- Pascal Hervé, French cyclist
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
- ^ Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, éditions errance 2003. p. 192.
- ^ Kenneth H. Jackson, A Historical Phonology Of Breton, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1967 p. 230.
- ^ Léon Fleuriot, Dictionary of Old Breton - Dictionnaire du vieux breton, Historical and Comparative, Toronto 1985. p. 213.
- ^ Gänzl K. Hervé. In: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Macmillan, London and New York, 1997.
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