📛Harvey is truly one of those old-fashioned names that seems almost outdated today. Harvey is not surprisingly even in the top 100 and at #244 on the most popular names for boys in 2024. "Harvey previously had a respectable run as a Top 100 name in the US in the late nineteenth and early decades of the twentieth century," Nameberry clarifies. Also adding, "the genial, old-timey name that has been much more popular across the pond in the UK. It was a Top 100 choice in England & Wales from 1997 until 2021, though 2022 saw it fall just slightly."
Harvey is of French origin and means 'battle worthy.' Behind the Name's further exploration of the name explains: "From the Breton given name Haerviu, which meant "battle worthy", from haer "battle" and viu "worthy". This was the name of a 6th-century Breton hermit who is the patron saint of the blind. Settlers from Brittany introduced it to England after the Norman Conquest. During the later Middle Ages it became rare."
Harvey is interesting in that it can be used as a first or surname. Harveys is also the name of a Bristol Cream Sherry. 🍷 Very coolly, there's actually a 🌆City of Harvey, in Illinois. However, the states popular in having Harveys reside in: California and North Dakota.
I like the name Harvey because my brother 🎉 (and father) has this name! 👍🏾👍🏾 We both had the same middle school science teacher (at different times) who was named Harvey. My brother said the teacher remarked something to the effect of how their names were "once popular." 😕
Will 📛Harvey will make it back into the most popular baby names list in the future? 🤔 It's definitely a classic name that has stood the test of time. I think eventually it will come full circle and do so. 💫
⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛HARVEYS:
📛Harvey Weinstein 🎥 (film producer)
📛Harvey Keitel 🎬 (actor)
📛Harvey Dent aka Two Face 💭 (comic book character in Batman)
📛Harvey Levin 📺 (creator of TMZ)
📛Lee Harvey Oswald 
(JFK's assassinator)
📛Harvey Milk 
(politician)
📛Harvey Grant 🏀 (former NBA player)
📛Harvey "Ras (X)" Lackey 🎤🎛 (rapper/producer)
📛Harvey 🐇 (rabbit character in the film Harvey)
📛Harvey Spencer Stephens 😈🎬 (actor from The Omen 1976 movie)
📛Javier "Harvey" Guillen 🎬 (actor)
📛Harvey Englehart 🔥 (T.V. character on Smoke)
♀️Female Version of 📛HARVEY:
💭I didn't know there was a feminine form of Harvey until now. 😮 Harva looks and sounds exotic to say. I like it. 👌🏾
📌👀Reddit 📛namenerds🤓 Community Thread: "Harvey as a girl's name?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/namenerds/comments/1d93a21/harvey_as_a_girl_name/
📌📛Nameberry🍒🗣Forum: "Harvey for a Girl"
https://forum.nameberry.com/t/harvey-for-a-girl/287674
📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Harvey:
https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/H/HA/HARVEY/index.html
☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Harvey: 👍 OR 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙/10
