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”.
The common Celtic root must be *isarno-biuos or *-ue(s)uos. 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.
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
