Hervé is a French masculine

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origin, from the name of the 6th-century Breton

Saint Hervé Saint Hervé ( 521 – 575 AD), also known as Harvey, Herveus, or Houarniaule, was a sixth-century Breton people, Breton saint. Along with Ivo of Kermartin, Saint Ives, he is one of the most popular of the Breton saints. He was born in Guimiliau ...

. The common latinization of the name is Herveus (also ''Haerveus''), an early (8th-century) latinization was ''

Charivius {{no footnotes, date=August 2022 Charivius (French ''Hervé'') was the Frankish Duke of Maine (''dux Cenomannicus'') in the early eighth century. His father was Chrotgar, Duke of Maine, son or grandson of Chrodbert, count Palatine of Chlothar III, ...

''. Anglicized forms are

Harvey Harvey, Harveys or Harvey's may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Harvey'' (play), a 1944 play by Mary Chase about a man befriended by an invisible anthropomorphic rabbit * Harvey Awards ("Harveys"), one of the most important awards ...

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''). Its

common Celtic Common may refer to: Places * Common, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland * Boston Common, a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts * Cambridge Common, common land area in Cambridge, Massachusetts * Clapham Common, originally c ...

form would have been ''*isarno-biuos'' or ''*-ue(s)uos''. Recorded Middle Breton forms of the name include ''Ehuarn, Ehouarn, Houarn''. 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''.''Bulletin Archéologique de l'Association Bretonne '' t. 4 (1884)
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People with the given name

;medieval *

, 6th-century Breton saint ** Saint-Hervé, French commune ** Saint-M'Hervé, French commune *

, Duke of Maine ( fl. 723) *

Hervé (Norman) Hervé is a French language, French masculine given name of Breton language, 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) latinizati ...

(fl. 1050s), Byzantine general of Norman extraction *

Hervey le Breton Hervey le Breton (also known as Hervé le Breton; died 30 August 1131) was a Breton cleric who became Bishop of Bangor in Wales and later Bishop of Ely in England. Appointed to Bangor by King William II of England, when the Normans were advan ...

(died 1131), Bishop of Bangor and later Bishop of Ely *

Hervé IV of Donzy Hervé IV of Donzy (1173– 22 January 1222) was a French nobleman and participant in the Fifth Crusade. By marriage in 1200 to Mahaut de Courtenay (1188–1257), daughter of Peter II of Courtenay, he became Count of Nevers. In a dispute over th ...

(1173–1223), French nobleman * Harvey I of Léon, Breton viscount *

Hervé de Bourg-Dieu Hervé de Bourg-DieuHervé de Déols, Hervi de Bourg Dieu, Hervaeus of Bourg-Dieu, Hervaeus Burgidolensis, Hervaeus of Châteauroux, Herveus of Deols. (c. 1080 in Le Mans – 1150 in Déols; ) was a French Benedictine exegete. He is known p ...

(c. 1080–1150), Benedictine monk * Hervaeus Natalis (1260–1323), French Dominican theologian ;modern * Hervé Alicarte, French footballer * Hervé Arsène, French-Malagasy footballer *

Hervé Balland Hervé Balland (born January 7, 1964) is a French cross-country skier who competed from 1990 to 1998. He won a silver medal in the 50 km event at the 1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun. Balland's best finish at the Winter Olym ...

, French cross-country skier *

Hervé Bazin Hervé Bazin (; 17 April 191117 February 1996) was a French writer, whose best-known novels covered semi-autobiographical topics of teenage rebellion and dysfunctional families. Biography Bazin, born Jean-Pierre Hervé-Bazin in Angers, Maine- ...

, French writer *

Hervé Biausser Hervé Biausser (born 17 February 1951) is the former director of two French engineering schools, École Centrale Paris and Supélec, positions he has held since 2003 and 2013, respectively. He was the director of CentraleSupélec from 1 Januar ...

, French university director *

Hervé Bochud Hervé Bochud (born 15 November 1980) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent ...

, Swiss footballer *

Hervé Bohbot Herve Bohbot is a French Scrabble player who competes in both French and English language Scrabble competitions. He is also an administrator on the online Scrabble site Internet Scrabble Club, the president of the French matchplay Scrabble commi ...

, French Scrabble player *

Hervé Bugnet Hervé Bugnet (born 24 August 1981) is a retired French footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football ...

, French footballer *

Hervé Carré Hervé Carré (born 24 September 1944) is a French economist and was Eurostat's general director between 2006 and 2008. Career After graduating in econometrics in Paris, Carré joined the European Commission in 1973 as an administrator. Between 19 ...

, French economist *

Hervé Cuillandre Hervé Cuillandre (born 1967) is a French novelist and photographer. Cuillandre was born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine Ille-et-Vilaine (; br, Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the cou ...

, French writer *

Hervé de Charette Hervé de Charette (; born 30 July 1938 in Paris) is a French centrist politician. He is a descendant of the royalist military leader François de Charette and of king Charles X of France. Member of the Union for French Democracy (UDF), he was ...

, French politician *

Hervé de Luze Hervé de Luze (born 1949) is a French film editor with about fifty feature film credits.Tylski, Alexandre (2004) (in French). de Luze had a long collaboration with the director Claude Berri, for whom he edited eight films between 1981 and 1999. ...

, French film director * Hervé Di Rosa, French painter * Hervé Déry, Canadian librarian and archivist *

Hervé Duclos-Lassalle Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (born 24 December 1979 in Pau) is a French professional road bicycle racer. His father is Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle. He was the first rider to leave the 2008 Tour de France after breaking his left wrist on the first stage. ...

, French cyclist *

Hervé Faye Hervé Auguste Étienne Albans Faye ( – ) was a French astronomer, born at Saint-Benoît-du-Sault (Indre) and educated at the École Polytechnique, which he left in 1834, before completing his course, to accept a position in the Paris Obser ...

, French astronomer (1814 – 1902) *

Hervé Filion Hervé Arthur Filion, (February 1, 1940 – June 22, 2017) was a Canadian harness racing driver. He was the brother of Yves Filion who drove and trained the 1988 North America Cup winner; and the brother of Henri Filion (1941–1997) who die ...

, Canadian harness racer * Hervé Gauthier, French footballer and coach *

Hervé Gaymard Hervé Gaymard (born 31 May 1960) is a French politician and a member of The Republicans conservative party. He served as the country's Minister of Finances from 30 November 2004 until his resignation on 25 February 2005. Gaymard attended Sc ...

, 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 Hervé Mamadou Lamizana (born January 22, 1981) is a former Ivorian professional basketball player who also has French citizenship. College career Lamizana played for the St. Patrick's basketball team in high school in Elizabeth, New Jersey, ...

, Ivory Coast football player * Hervé Le Bras (born 1943), French demographer, historian and mathematician. *

Hervé Le Tellier Hervé Le Tellier (born 21 April 1957) is a French writer and linguist, and a member of the international literary group Oulipo (Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle, which translates roughly as "workshop of potential literature"). He is its fou ...

, French writer * Hervé Makuka, Swiss footballer *

Hervé Morin Hervé Morin (born 17 August 1961) is a French politician of the Centrists who has been serving as the first President of the Regional Council of Normandy since January 2016. Under President Nicolas Sarkozy, he was the Minister of Defence. Poli ...

, French politician *

Hervé Ndjana Onana Hervé Anselme Ndjana Onana (born 1 June 1986) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a striker for Belgian club FC Mariekerke. Career Onana began his career with Foudre d’Akonolinga and moved in summer 2007 to Red Star Waasland. In his ...

, Cameroonian footballer *

Hervé Novelli Hervé Novelli (born 6 March 1949 in Paris) is a French politician of Italian origin, and a past member of the UDF group. He was a deputé in the Assemblée Nationale for the Indre-et-Loire département from 2002 to 2007, having previously been ...

, French politician * Hervé Nzelo-Lembi, Congolese footballer *

Hervé Otélé Hervé Magloire Otélé Nnanga (born 10 January 2000) is a Cameroonian Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Italian club . Born in Cameroon, Otélé also holds French citizenship. He is a ve ...

, French-Cameroonian footballer * Hervé Paillet, French actor *

Hervé Piccirillo Hervé Piccirillo (born 6 March 1967 in Martigues) is a French football referee. He has been a referee in the French Football Federation (FFF) since 1990 and became a FIFA referee in 2005, although he officiated one international friendly match ...

, French football referee *

Hervé Renard Hervé Jean-Marie Roger Renard (born 30 September 1968) is a French professional football coach and former player who is the manager of the Saudi Arabia national team. Renard has previously been the manager of Zambia national team, with whom ...

, French football manager *

Hervé Revelli Hervé Revelli (born 5 May 1946) is a French former footballer who played as a forward. He is well–known for having won the French Championship a joint–record seven times. Career Revelli scored 31 Ligue 1 goals during the calendar year of ...

, French footballer *

Hervé Riel Hervé Riel was a French fisherman of the 17th century, from Le Croisic in Brittany. His claim to fame is that while serving with the French Navy he was instrumental in saving the French fleet following the Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue#Afterma ...

, French fisherman *

Hervé This Hervé This (; born 5 June 1955 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, sometimes named Hervé This-Benckhard, or Hervé This vo Kientza) is a French physical chemist who works for the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique at AgroParisTech, in Pa ...

, French chemist * Hervé Tum, Cameroonian footballer *

Hervé Vilard Hervé Vilard (born René Villard; 24 July 1946 in Paris, France) is a French pop–singer, who first became famous in the 1960s. His first single " Capri c'est fini" became an international hit in 1965 and rendered him instantaneously famo ...

(born 1946), French singer *

Hervé Villechaize Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize (; April 23, 1943 – September 4, 1993) was a French actor and painter. He is best known for his role as the evil henchman Nick Nack in the 1974 James Bond film '' The Man with the Golden Gun'', and his role as Mr ...

(1943–1993), French-American actor * J. Hervé Proulx, Canadian politician ;pseudonym *

Hervé Hervé is a French language, French masculine given name of Breton language, 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) latinizati ...

(1825–1892), stage name of French operetta composer, singer, librettist and conductor, born Florimond Ronger *

Hervé (DJ) Joshua Harvey, otherwise known as Hervé , is a producer/ DJ from the UK. Hervé is known for bass-orientated as well as eclectic productions and DJ sets. He also runs the label Cheap Thrills, which has released music by Fake Blood, Jack Beat ...

, DJ and producer in the UK

As a surname

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Baron Hervey Baron Hervey is an aristocratic title that has been created three times, once in the Peerage of Ireland and twice in the Peerage of England. The first creation was in the Peerage of Ireland in 1620, when William Hervey, 1st Baron Hervey, Sir Wi ...

Thomas Hervey (landowner) Sir Thomas Hervey (1625 – 27 May 1694) was an English Commissioner of the Royal Navy, landed gentleman, and Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds. Life Hervey was born in 1625, the third son of Sir William Hervey (1585–1660) of Ickwo ...

(d. 1694), son of Sir William Hervey (1585–1660) *

John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (27 August 1665 – 20 January 1751) was an English politician. John Hervey was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, the son of Sir Thomas Hervey. He was educated in Bury and at Clare College, Cambridge. He b ...

John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, (13 October 16965 August 1743) was an English courtier and political writer. Heir to the Earl of Bristol, he obtained the key patronage of Walpole, and was involved in many court intrigues and literary quarrel ...

Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Roman Pri ...

Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, (1 August 1730 – 8 July 1803), was an 18th-century Anglican prelate. Elected Bishop of Cloyne in 1767 and translated to the see of Derry in 1768, Hervey served as Lord Bishop of Derry unti ...

;modern French surname * Antoine Hervé, French composer *

Cédric Hervé Cédric Hervé (born 14 November 1979 in Dinan) is a French former road racing cyclist. Hervé became a professional rider in 2002. His first win came in 2006 when he won the Manche Atlantique. Later that year he would also win the Grand Prix ...

, French cyclist *

Edmond Hervé Edmond Hervé (born 3 December 1942) is a French politician, a member of the Socialist Party and French senator from 2008 to 2014. He was the mayor of Rennes from 1977 to 2008, succeeding Henri Fréville. Biography Born in La Bouillie, Cô ...

, French politician * Francis Hervé, French-British artist (1781–1850) *

Francisco Hervé Francisco Hervé Allamand (born 1942) is a Chilean geologist known for his contributions to the paleogeography and tectonics of Chile and Antarctica. Together with I. Fuenzalida, E. Araya and A. Solano he named the Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault in 1979.Ha ...

, Chilean geologist *

Gustave Hervé Gustave Hervé (Brest, January 2, 1871 – Paris, October 25, 1944) was a French politician. At first, he was a fervent antimilitarist socialist and pacifist, but he later turned to equally zealous ultranationalism, declaring his ''patriotisme'' ...

, French politician (1871 – 1944) *

Pascal Hervé Pascal Hervé (born 13 July 1964) is a former French road racing cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics and raced as a professional from 1994 to 2001. Pascal now lives in Montreal, were he is co-owner of a ...

, French cyclist ;pseudonym *

Lucien Hervé Lucien Hervé (born László Elkán on 7 August 1910 in Hungary, died 26 June 2007 in Paris) was a Hungarian photographer. He was notable for his architectural photography, beginning with his work for Le Corbusier. Biography * 1910 : Born as ...

, French-Hungarian photographer, born László Elkán.

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