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Harvey

in the US

There are 90,863 people with the last name "Harvey" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Harvey 233
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  1. is 229th most common Williamson
  2. is 230th most common Lynch
  3. is 231st most common Obrien
  4. is 232nd most common Dean
  5. is 233rd most common Harvey
  6. is 234th most common Franklin
  7. is 235th most common Montgomery
  8. is 236th most common Hanson
  9. is 237th most common Howell

Similar Names and Nicknames

Harvell, Harville, Harvin, Harvill, Harvard, Harvel, Harvison, Harvie, Harvath, Harvest

Most Common First Names for Harvey

James, Robert, John, William, Michael, David, Richard, Mary, Charles, Thomas

Meaning & History

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’ + wīg ‘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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