Hervé is a
French masculine
given name of
Breton origin, from the name of the 6th-century Breton
Saint Hervé. The common latinization of the name is Herveus (also Haerveus), an early (8th-century) latinization was Charivius. Anglicized forms are Harvey and Hervey.
Its Old Breton form was Huiarnviu (cf. Old Welsh Haarnbiu ), composed of the elements hoiarn ("iron", modern Breton houarn, c.f. Welsh haearn) and viu ("bright", "blazing", modern Breton bev).[1] Its
common Celtic form would have been *isarno-biuos or *-ue(s)uos.[2][3]
Recorded Middle Breton forms of the name include Ehuarn, Ehouarn, Houarn.[4]
The name of the 6th-century saint is recorded in numerous variants, including forms such as:
Houarniault, Houarneau; as the name of a legendary Breton bard, the name occurs in varians such as Hyvarnion, Huaruoé, Hoarvian.[5]
Lucien Hervé, French-Hungarian photographer, born László Elkán.
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.
^Revue de Bretagne de Vendée & d'Anjou vols. 45-46, O. de Gourcuff (1911),
p. 180.
^Bulletin Archéologique de l'Association Bretonne t. 4 (1884),
p. 206.
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