Herve

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Hervé in BE Belgium, CI Côte d’Ivoire, CH Switzerland and 1 more and Hervè in IT Italy.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Herve is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French (Côte d’Ivoire) given name5.7K records spelled Herve3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

  Also written Hervé, Hervè

• Chinese given name2.7K records spelled Herve7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Switzerland, United States, Belgium, Cameroon

  Also written Hervé, Herv, Herve', Hervê, Hérve

• Hindi given name751 records spelled Herve5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Cameroon

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Hervé, Hervè

• a separate given name692 records spelled Herve6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Cameroon, Switzerland, Belgium

  Also written Hervé, Hervè, Hervé́, Hervê, Hérve

• Russian given name349 records spelled Herve13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United States, Türkiye, Switzerland

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Эрве, Hervé, Erve, Эрвэ, Hervè

• Arabic given name306 records spelled Herve5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Belgium, Türkiye

  Also written Hervé, Hëřve, Hervè

63 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Herve is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A Jersey name; see Harvey

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, A Belgian cheese similar to Limburger.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Cebuano, a male given name from Breton

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, pilsēta Beļģijā ("Herve"), Valonijas reģiona Ljēžas provincē, 17200 iedzīvotāju (2013. g.)

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 57 years between 1911–2023. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 219 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Herve?

We estimate roughly 1.7 thousand people bear Herve (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Herve have the most bearers?

Herve is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled herve.

How common is Herve compared with other names?

In France, Herve is the 146th most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

Is Herve a male or female name?

Herve is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Herve mean?

Recorded meaning: From Celtic, meaning “strong, ardent”.