Harvey (name)

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Harvey
Bayeux Tapestry Horses in Battle of Hastings.jpg
The Battle of Hastings as depicted by the Bayeux Tapestry
Pronunciationhɑː(ɹ)vi
Origin
Word/nameAnglo-Saxon
MeaningBattle worthy, blazing iron
Region of originEngland
Other names
Variant form(s)Hervey, Hervie, Harvie
Nickname(s)Hal, Hank

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

Surname[]

  • Harvey brothers, family of cricketers from Fitzroy, inner-city Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Merv Harvey (1918–1995), played one Test for Australia in January 1947 and captained Victoria five times
    • Mick Harvey (umpire) (born 1921), played for Victoria and Queensland, later became a Test umpire
    • Ray Harvey (born 1926), played for Victoria
    • Neil Harvey (born 1928), played 79 Tests for Australia, member of the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame

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Given name[]

  • Saint Hervé (Saint Harvey), 6th-century Breton saint
  • Harvey Allen (disambiguation), various people
  • Harvey J. Alter, American medical researcher, virologist, physician and Nobel Prize laureate
  • Harvey Ball, creator of the smiley face
  • Harvey Barnes (born 1997), English footballer
  • Harvey Bennett (disambiguation), various people
  • Harvey Brooks (disambiguation), various people
  • Harvey Brown (disambiguation), various people
  • Harvey Bullock (disambiguation), various people
  • Harvey Campbell (disambiguation), various people
  • Harvey Carignan, serial killer known as the Want-Ad Killer
  • Harvey Catchings, American Basketball player
  • Harvey Clark (disambiguation), various people
  • Harvey Cox, American theologian
  • Harvey Cushing, pioneer of neurosurgery
  • Harvey Eakin, NASCAR racing driver
  • Harvey Einbinder (1926–2013), American physicist and author
  • Harvey Elliott (born 2003), English footballer
  • Harvey J. Fields (1935–2014), American Reform rabbi
  • Harvey Fierstein, American actor and playwright
  • Harvey Fletcher, American physicist
  • Harvey Samuel Firestone (1868–1938), founder of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
  • Harvey Fisher, Musician, actor, model
  • Harvey Freeman (disambiguation), various people
  • Harvey Gantt, American architect and Democratic politician
  • Harvey Glatman (1927-1959), American serial killer, rapist, kidnapper, and robber
  • Harvey Goldsmith, English performing arts promoter
  • Harvey Grant (born 1965), American basketball player
  • Harvey Johnson (disambiguation), various people
  • Harvey Kaye (disambiguation), various people
  • Harvey Keitel, American film actor
  • Harvey Korman (1927-2008), American actor
  • Harvey Kurtzman, American comics creator and editor
  • Harvey Kuenn (1930–1988), American baseball player, coach and manager
  • Harvey Lewis (disambiguation), various people
  • Harvey Lisberg, British talent manager and impresario
  • Harvey Locke Carey (1915–1984), American lawyer and politician
  • Harvey M. Lifset (1916–2005), New York politician
  • Harvey Mandel, American guitarist
  • Harvey Martin, American football player
  • Harvey Mason, American jazz drummer
  • Harvey Mason Jr., seven-time Grammy Award-winning American songwriter
  • Harvey Milk, American politician
  • Harvey Miller (disambiguation), various people
  • Harvey Mudd (disambiguation), various people
  • , professional Anime Watcher
  • Harvey Parker (disambiguation), various people
  • Harvey Pekar (1939–2010), American comics writer
  • Harvey Penick, American golfer and coach
  • Harvey Postlethwaite, British Engineer and Formula One technical director
  • Harvey Price (disambiguation), various people
  • Harvey Proctor (born 1947), British Conservative Member of Parliament
  • Harvey Scales (1940–2019), American R&B and soul singer-songwriter
  • Harvey Shapiro (disambiguation), various people
  • Harvey Smith (disambiguation), various people
  • Harvey Soning (born 1944), British property consultant and developer
  • Harvey G. Stenger, President of Binghamton University
  • Harvey Washington Walter (1819–1878), American lawyer and railroad business executive
  • Harvey Weinstein, American film producer, co-founder of Miramax Films and The Weinstein Company, and convicted sex offender
  • Harvey Williams (disambiguation), various people
  • Harvey White (disambiguation), various people
  • Harvey Whitehill, American Frontier Sheriff

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise : une approche linguistique du vieux celtique continental, éditions Errance 2003, p. 192.
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