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Harris - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Harris

[ 2 syll. har-ris, ha-rr-is ] The boy name Harris is pronounced as HHEHRIHS KEY. Harris is primarily used in the English language and it is also of English origin. The first name is from the surname, which is in turn derived from the first name Harry.

In addition, Harris is a variant form of the English name Harrison. See also the related form, the English Harry.

Harris is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1908, 0.023% of baby boys were given the name Harris. Its ranking then was #376. The baby name has since dropped out of favor, and is now of irregular use. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly linked to Harris, the English Harrison was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Harris include the Sanskrit Haresh, the English Hargus, the Slavic Haris, the Sanskrit Harish, the German Harwig, the English Herick, the English Herrick, the German Herwig, the English and French Horace, the Japanese Haroko, the Japanese Haroku, the English Hersch, the English and Yiddish Hersh, the Yiddish Hersz, the Yiddish Herz, the Japanese Hiroki, the Japanese Hiroshi, the English and German Hirsch, the English and Yiddish Hirsh, and the English and Italian Horatio.

KEY: Pronunciation for Harris: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


 
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