Harvie

Where Harvie comes from

Harvie hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #866 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1902
    Peak, #862
    8 babies named Harvie — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1904
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1940
    Harvie Andre born
    Canadian politician
  5. 1948
    Harvie S born
    American musician
  6. 2016
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Harvie Andre · Canadian politician, 1940–2012
  • Harvie S · American musician, born 1948
  • Harvie Ward · Amateur golfer, professional golfer, 1925–2004
  • Harvie Branscomb · American academic, 1894–1998
  • Harvie Pocza · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1959

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.