Harvey Forename
Approximately 157,912 people bear this name
Harvey Forename Definition:
A male name. this is probably the Breton Haerveu, French Hervé, the name of a favourite Breton saint and poet; it is said to mean ‘bitter’. Another possible derivation is the Old German Harivig, compound of harja ‘host', ‘army’, and viga ‘battle’, which was early latinized as Harveus.
Read More About This ForenameHarvey Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 109,633 | 1:3,307 | 557 |
| Canada | 100% | 15,647 | 1:2,118 | 435 |
| Philippines | 98% | 7,950 | 1:13,335 | 1,641 |
| England | 100% | 6,280 | 1:8,854 | 733 |
| Malawi | 100% | 3,427 | 1:4,993 | 739 |
| Colombia | 98% | 2,342 | 1:20,401 | 1,396 |
| Australia | - | 1,037 | 1:13,170 | 1,099 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 933 | 1:33,025 | 4,029 |
| Jamaica | - | 790 | 1:3,650 | 661 |
| New Zealand | - | 750 | 1:6,048 | 784 |
| South Africa | 98% | 650 | 1:83,896 | 7,239 |
| Mexico | 99% | 580 | 1:214,042 | 3,710 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 409 | 1:14,715 | 1,285 |
| China | - | 408 | 1:3,348,176 | 49,372 |
| Congo | 86% | 385 | 1:13,011 | 1,544 |
| Suriname | 100% | 378 | 1:1,462 | 325 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 351 | 1:48,154 | 3,340 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 322 | 1:801,129 | 52,872 |
| Zambia | - | 315 | 1:50,333 | 3,155 |
| Scotland | 100% | 307 | 1:17,428 | 913 |
| Peru | 100% | 301 | 1:105,619 | 3,713 |
| Chile | 56% | 205 | 1:85,889 | 2,351 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 205 | 1:147,326 | 5,923 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 204 | 1:51,134 | 3,395 |
| Brazil | 100% | 181 | 1:1,183,625 | 29,437 |
| Wales | 100% | 177 | 1:17,482 | 1,044 |
| Egypt | 100% | 174 | 1:528,166 | 14,341 |
| Nigeria | 89% | 168 | 1:1,056,931 | 25,946 |
| Thailand | 100% | 167 | 1:419,556 | 21,076 |
| Kenya | - | 153 | 1:302,661 | 10,504 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 151 | 1:488,925 | 17,342 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 149 | 1:9,137 | 1,377 |
| India | 90% | 148 | 1:8,208,635 | 264,371 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 142 | 1:33,577 | 1,792 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 141 | 1:215,957 | 12,223 |
| Bahamas | - | 139 | 1:2,873 | 578 |
| Germany | 100% | 120 | 1:805,649 | 6,946 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 119 | 1:60,101 | 5,261 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Guyana | 100% | 106 | 1:7,201 | 1,186 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 103 | 1:156,393 | 2,720 |
| Zimbabwe | 97% | 100 | 1:154,238 | 9,958 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 97 | 1:84,044 | 7,853 |
| Ecuador | - | 70 | 1:253,242 | 3,865 |
| Liberia | 97% | 70 | 1:63,029 | 3,121 |
| Ireland | 97% | 67 | 1:69,306 | 1,986 |
| Hong Kong | - | 66 | 1:117,466 | 2,903 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Belize | 100% | 64 | 1:5,536 | 1,079 |
| Botswana | 100% | 63 | 1:34,674 | 3,690 |
| France | 100% | 59 | 1:1,126,616 | 8,388 |
| Honduras | 100% | 56 | 1:157,455 | 4,123 |
| Qatar | 100% | 51 | 1:46,463 | 5,889 |
| Spain | 100% | 47 | 1:989,999 | 8,652 |
| Singapore | 100% | 45 | 1:139,712 | 7,893 |
| Panama | 100% | 41 | 1:95,282 | 4,823 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 34 | 1:3,282 | 615 |
| Guam | - | 28 | 1:5,737 | 966 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 27 | 1:6,586 | 1,033 |
| Aruba | - | 25 | 1:4,151 | 831 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 25 | 1:950,787 | 37,589 |
| Japan | - | 22 | 1:5,817,548 | 29,011 |
| Sweden | 93% | 22 | 1:448,087 | 11,903 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 21 | 1:27,665 | 2,042 |
| Belgium | 100% | 20 | 1:574,502 | 8,765 |
| Ivory Coast | 89% | 20 | 1:1,153,797 | 32,566 |
| Argentina | 87% | 19 | 1:2,251,223 | 8,037 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 19 | 1:3,226 | 656 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 18 | 1:102,397 | 1,497 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 18 | 1:6,097 | 946 |
| Barbados | - | 17 | 1:17,046 | 1,367 |
| Uganda | 92% | 17 | 1:2,409,231 | 29,243 |
| Russia | 88% | 16 | 1:9,014,606 | 35,676 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 15 | 1:547,566 | 8,396 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Israel | 100% | 13 | 1:646,378 | 11,150 |
| Norway | 100% | 13 | 1:394,795 | 7,741 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| Hungary | 100% | 11 | 1:890,161 | 2,642 |
| Jersey | - | 11 | 1:9,089 | 812 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Croatia | 100% | 9 | 1:468,564 | 5,419 |
| Denmark | - | 9 | 1:627,722 | 8,968 |
| Gabon | 100% | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Iceland | - | 9 | 1:40,669 | 2,415 |
| Italy | 98% | 9 | 1:6,784,677 | 26,090 |
| Micronesia | - | 9 | 1:11,833 | 566 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 9 | 1:3,856 | 936 |
| Afghanistan | 67% | 7 | 1:4,660,502 | 27,414 |
| Cameroon | - | 7 | 1:3,087,215 | 57,282 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Grenada | 100% | 6 | 1:18,021 | 1,808 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 6 | 1:591,717 | 4,217 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Marshall Islands | 75% | 5 | 1:10,246 | 1,467 |
| Monaco | 100% | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Czechia | 100% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| El Salvador | - | 4 | 1:1,585,446 | 8,153 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Finland | 67% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 3 | 1:5,915,615 | 32,741 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Harvey (289,343) may also be a surname.
Harvey Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. this is probably the Breton Haerveu, French Hervé, the name of a favourite Breton saint and poet; it is said to mean ‘bitter’. Another possible derivation is the Old German Harivig, compound of harja ‘host', ‘army’, and viga ‘battle’, which was early latinized as Harveus. In either case the name was introduced into England at the Norman Conquest and soon became common. In Domesday Book there are 11 tenants of this name, including two who had held Tempore Regis Edwardi (In the Reign of Edward the Confessor), and it continued in use throughout the 12th and 13th C, giving rise to the surnames Harvey, Hervey, Harvie, Harveson. There is no record of its use in the 14th to 18th C, but it occurs in the 19th C (e.g. Harvey Goodwin, Bishop of Carlyle, 1818-91) and is still sometimes used.
Herveus Domesday Book 1086, Curia Regis Rolls 1187-1215. Harvey Hundred Rolls 1273. Hervi HP. 1273.
Either Celtic, ‘bitter,’ the original Houerf becoming Houerv, which in turn became Hervé,—the name came to England with the numerous adventurers out of Brittany,—as Charlotte Yonge, who relates a beautiful legend of the first Harvey, upholds; or, preferably, French Hervé, from the heroic German Herewig, ‘warrior-war,’ i. e. ‘ (land-) war warrior’, as Weekley holds (Romance of Names).
Found as a baptismal name, from the Old German her-wig, noble soldier or warrior.
A Celtic name, meaning: Progressive.
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