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 saint. Along with Saint Ives, he is one of the most popular of the Breton saints. He was born in Guimiliau (Gwimilio). Legend Hervé wa ...

. 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 II ...

''. 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'', cf. Welsh ''haearn'') and ''viu'' ("bright", "blazing", modern Breton ''bev''). Its

common Celtic Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, is the hypothetical ancestral proto-language of all known Celtic languages, and a descendant of Proto-Indo-European. It is not attested in writing but has been partly reconstructed through the comparative method. ...

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. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

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 Hervé IV of Donzy (1173– 22 January 1222) was a French nobleman and participant in the Fifth Crusade The Fifth Crusade (September 1217 - August 29, 1221) was a campaign in a series of Crusades by Western Europeans to reacquire Jerusalem and ...

(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 Hervaeus Natalis (, Nédellec, diocese of Tréguier, Brittany1323), also known as de Nédellec, was a Dominican theologian, the 14th Master of the Dominicans, and the author of a number of works on philosophy and theology. His many writings inc ...

(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 Oly ...

, 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, and Supélec, positions he has held since 2003 and 2013, respectively. He was the director of CentraleSupélec from 1 January 2015, date when t ...

, 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 player 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 right-footed French footballer who played as a striker for Stade Bordelais. He was born in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, starting his football career with Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, ...

, 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 1 ...

, 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 (; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Ill-e-Vilaenn'', ) is a departments of France, department of France, located in the ...

, 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, French cyclist * Hervé Faye, French astronomer (1814 – 1902) *

Hervé Filion Hervé Arthur Filion, (February 1, 1940 – June 22, 2017) was a Canadians, Canadian Harness racing, 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 Filio ...

, 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 Finance from 30 November 2004 until his resignation on 25 February 2005. Gaymard attended S ...

, French politician * Hervé Guibert, French writer * Hervé Guilleux, French motorcycle racer *

Hervé Guy Hervé Guy Landry Bi Bola (born 5 August 1984) is an Ivorian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder. Club career Guy began his career in the youth ranks of French club S ...

, Ivorian footballer * Hervé Kage, Belgian footballer * Hervé Kambou, Ivorian footballer *

Hervé Lacelles Joseph Harvey Milton Lacelle (January 18, 1918 – June 28, 1942) was a Canadian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province o ...

, Canadian boxer *

Hervé Lamizana Hervé Mamadou Lamizana (born January 22, 1981) is an Ivorian former professional basketball player who also has French nationality. 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 linguistics, linguist, and a member of the international literary group Oulipo (Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle, which translates roughly as "workshop of potential literature") ...

, French writer * Hervé Lièvre, French filmmaker, director of head of SFRS-CERIMES (1995–2014) * 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. ...

, French politician * Hervé Ndjana Onana, Cameroonian footballer *

Hervé Novelli Hervé Novelli (born 6 March 1949) 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 a dépu ...

, French politician * Hervé Nzelo-Lembi, Congolese footballer * Hervé Otélé, French-Cameroonian footballer * Hervé Paillet, French actor * Hervé Piccirillo, 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 head coach of Saudi Arabia. Renard has previously been the manager of Zambia national team, with whom he won the 2012 ...

, French football manager * Hervé Revelli, French footballer * Hervé Riel, French fisherman * Hervé This, French chemist * Hervé Tum, Cameroonian footballer *

Hervé Vilard Hervé Vilard (born René Vilard; 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 famous. The ...

(born 1946), French singer *

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

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

Pseudonym

Hervé (composer) Louis-Auguste Florimond Ronger (30 June 1825 – 4 November 1892), who used the pseudonym Hervé (), was a French singer, composer, librettist, conductor and scene painter, whom Ernest Newman, following Reynaldo Hahn, credited with inventin ...

(1825–1892), stage name of French operetta composer, singer, librettist and conductor, born Florimond Ronger *Hervé (DJ), DJ and producer in the UK

As a surname

; Baron Hervey * Thomas Hervey (landowner) (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 Whig 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, Cambridg ...

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 Vice admiral (Royal Navy), Vice-Admiral Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, Privy Council of Ireland, PC (19 May 1724 – 23 December 1779) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He commanded the sixth-rate HMS Phoenix at the Battle of Mi ...

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

;modern French surname * Antoine Hervé, French composer *

Cédric Hervé Cédric Hervé (born 14 November 1979) 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 de Plumel ...

, 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, C ...

, French politician * Francis Hervé (1781–1850), French-British artist * Francisco Hervé, Chilean geologist * Gustave Hervé (1871–1944), French politician * Pascal Hervé (1964–2024), French cyclist ;pseudonym *

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

, French-Hungarian photographer, born László Elkán

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