Harvey Name Meaning

English and Scottish: from the Breton personal name Aeruiu or Haerviu, composed of the elements haer ‘battle’, ‘carnage’ + vy ‘worthy’, which was brought to England by Breton followers of William the Conqueror, for the most part in the Gallicized form Hervé. (The change from -er- to -ar- was a normal development in Middle English and Old French.) Reaney believes that the surname is also occasionally from a Norman personal name, Old German Herewig, composed of the Germanic elements hari, heri ‘army’ + wig ‘war’. Irish: mainly of English origin, in Ulster and County Wexford, but sometimes a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAirmheadhaigh ‘descendant of Airmheadhach’, a personal name probably meaning ‘esteemed’. It seems to be a derivative of Airmheadh, the name borne by a mythological physician. Irish (County Fermanagh): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarchaidh ‘descendant of Earchadh’, a personal name of uncertain origin.

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List of People with Surname Harvey

As far as we found, there are a total of 23,132 people with the surname Harvey. Among these people surnamed Harvey, there are around 2,896 different names, with an average of 7 people sharing the same name. Arthur Harvey, Patricia Harvey and Lori Harvey are the top three most common names from the list of people surnamed Harvey, with 99, 90 and 60 people respectively.

Furthermore, Our research has shown that California has the greatest number of people surnamed Harvey, with a total of 1,869 people, and there are a total of 1,120 different names among these people. Texas is the second-most populous state for people with the surname Harvey, with a total of 2,027 people and an average of 1,117 different names.

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