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Harriet - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Harriet
 
 

 


The girl name Harriet [ 3 syll. har-riet, ha-rri-et ] is pronounced HHEHRiyahT KEY. Harriet is of Germanic origin and it is used mainly in the English language. Hattie (pet form in English) is a variant of Harriet. Harriet is a form of Henrietta (English and German).

Harriet is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1917, 0.196% of baby girls were given the name Harriet. It had a ranking of #104 then. The baby name has markedly fallen in popularity since then, and is currently of only infrequent use. Within all girl names in its family, Harriet was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Harriet include Herta (German) and Hertha (German).

KEY: Pronunciation for Harriet: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"


Details of famous persons named Harriet:
Anti-slavery Activist Harriet Tubman, born Araminta Ross, Dorchester County, Maryland.
Lawyer Harriet Miers, born 10 August 1945, Dallas, Texas.
Writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, born Harriet Elizabeth Beecher 14 June 1811 - 1 July 1896, Litchfield, Connecticut.

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