Given name & surname
Hervey
“one who is ready for battle”·“a strong man”·“a battle-ready woman warrior”
Hervey is a variant of Harvey. Interpretations include “one who is ready for battle” and “a strong man”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Hervey is a variant of Hervie. One English interpretation is “a battle-ready woman warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hervey is a variant of Harvey. Interpretations include “one who is ready for battle” and “a strong man”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Hervey is a variant of Hervie. One English interpretation is “a battle-ready woman warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hervey is a variant of Hervie. An origin associated with Hervie is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hervey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,125
- 1,125 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 544 as a first name in 2020; 2,781 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hervey’s family of names
Hervey has a related form in Harvey. Hervey has a related form in Hervie.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Hervey
- Hervey AllenAmerican novelist, biographer (1889–1949)
- Hervey M. CleckleyAmerican psychiatrist (1903–1984)
- Hervey le BretonBishop of Bangor; Bishop of Ely
- Hervey MachenAmerican politician (1916–1994)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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