English
Harvey
Harvey comes from Old Breton hoiarn ‘iron’.
- Old Bretonmodernhoiarn‘iron’
- Englishearliest quotation 2005Harvey
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Bretonmodernhoiarn‘iron’
- Englishearliest quotation 2005Harvey
Earliest quotation: 2005, Miramax founders leave Disney: “Miramax Films cofounders Bob and Harvey Weinstein will end…”
The story
The civil parish in New Brunswick is probably named in honour of British colonial administrator John Harvey (1778 - 1852).
Every English word from Old Breton hoiarn
Today it means
name A surname transferred from the given name.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Breton hoiarn / Harvey