Harvey

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A male given name from Celtic languages, in modern use often transferred back from the surname.
• city Illinois (state).
• city/and/town Iowa (state).
• census-designated place/and/city Louisiana (state).
• city North Dakota (state).
• town Western Australia (state).

Origin

• From Haerviu, name of a Breton saint, from Old Breton hoiarn ("iron") + viu. Cognate to modern Breton Haerviu.
• In Ireland, used as an anglicisation of Irish Ó hAirmheadhaigh and Ó hEarchaidh.