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 composed of OB hoiarn > Breton houarn "iron" and OB viu > Breton bev "bright", "blazing".
The common Celtic root must be *isarno-biuos or *-ueuos. It is widely asserted that Old Celtic isarno-'' gave birth to the Germanic word that led to English iron.
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